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‘“As we noted earlier, komuso were not supposed to speak unnecessarily. If they encountered each other outside of the temple, collecting alms, they employed ritualized, nonverbal greetings, one of which was playing this piece. One would first play Yori Dake (calling bamboo), and the second would respond with Uki Dake (receiving bamboo). Then they would play the last part together. But if the first priest played the Yori Dake melody three times, and the other priest could not respond with Uki Dake, he was ex
