Hankyo, by Araki Kodō VI

Hankyo

by Araki Kodō VI

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Deferent Golgi Quiet and contemplative songs that remind me of nights in the country and poignant solitary wanderings, when the moon, the tall grass bent in the wind, and the sheet of ice on the stream all seem, in the silence, to speak warmly of the past and of good friends who can’t be present. Favorite track: 秋田菅垣 • Akita Sugagaki.

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1.	秋田菅垣 • Akita Sugagaki 13:51	buy track
2.	月の曲 • Tsuki no Kyoku 18:05	buy track
3.	銅鏡 • Dōkyō 08:56	buy track
4.	雲井獅子 • Kumoi Jishi 06:09	buy track

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2021 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of Kurosawa Kinko, the founder of the founder of Kinkō Ryū from which the Araki style of shakuhachi playing descended. In honor of this anniversary, and in honor of the acquisition of an heirloom instrument made by his great-great grandfather and namesake, Araki Kodo VI (Hanzaburō) has released a collection of music significant to him and the Araki family.

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released December 7, 2020

反響 (Hankyō) “Reverberation”

1. 秋田菅垣 (Akita Sugagaki) “Ode to Akita”
2. 月の曲 (Tsuki no Kyoku) “Song of the Moon” composed by Araki Chikuō I (1907)
3. 銅鏡 (Dōkyō) “Copper Mirror” composed by Araki Chikuō II (1986)
4. 雲井獅子 (Kumoi Jishi) “Where There Are Clouds”

Araki Kodō VI plays a shakuhachi made by Araki Chikuō I c. 1904, and a nishaku from Araki Chikuō II c. 1995

Recorded by Hanz Araki
Mixed and Mastered by Garey Shelton

All Tracks Traditional (Arr. Araki Kodō VI) Except Where Noted

Cover Design by Colleen Raney
Cover Photo: Colm MacCárthaigh

Special Thanks to Jeff Martindale

Before moving back to Seattle Washington in 1991, for my final concert appearance in Shimonoseki, Japan, my father selected Akita Sugagaki, which we played as a duet. This is the solo version of that piece.

Tsuki no Kyoku is a composition of my great-great-grandfather after whom I was named.

My father’s original title for this piece was Hankyō, which I have taken for the title of the album. The piece was still evolving, and with the passing of his mother, he changed the title to Dōkyō.

Kumoi Jishi is one of the first pieces my father taught me and I love it still to this day.

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