SHIN KYOREI (KINKO RYU HONKYOKU)

SHIN KYOREI (KINKO RYU HONKYOKU) This piece is one of the “Bekkaku“ (traditional three) most important and fundamental pieces. It was transmitted from the Priest Ikkei to Kinko Kurosawa in Nagasaki. “Kyorei“ (or Kyotaku) was written using a different Chinese character meaning “Bell“ in other Shakuhachi schools. In the Kinko school “Kyorei“ means “spirit“ or “Bell of Enlightenment“. Fuke Zen Shi, the founder of the Fuke Sect, used to ring a bell and scream chants throughout the town where he lived. In an episode of the document called the “Rinzai Roku“, in the story “Kyotaku“, the term “taku“ has the same meaning as “Rei“ which means “bell“. This is why the title “Kyorei“ was used. SHIN KYOREI (KINKO RYU HONKYOKU) John Singer