Yamato Choshi, Honkyoku by Tani Kyochiku

Yamato Chôshi 大和調子 was composed by Tani Kyochiku 谷狂竹(1882-1950), a professional shakuhachi-playing monk and a student of shakuhachi master Miyagawa Nyozan (1868-1946). He learned this piece as “Darani“ from the Nara shakuhachi player Murata Sen’o, but when he played it for Murata ten years later, Murata exclaimed “This is a nice piece, what is it?“ This comment, indicating that after ten years playing it, the piece had been totally altered. He then named it “Yamato-Chôshi“ (literally, “prelude from Yamat