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| | Interview - James Nyoraku Schlefer - Shakuhachi Master |
 | | Kurosawa Kinko, the founder of the Kinko school, the school that I belong to, was commissioned by the guild of monk / shakuhachi players to go out and collect pieces from all over Japan and bring them back so they could be codified. |
 | | In the Kinko Ryu (school) in which Jim was trained, the format is quite simple: at each lesson, teacher and student kneel back on their heels, Japanese style, facing each other, with the music (in Japanese notation) between them. |
 | | But just a few years later it re-emerged when the Myoan Society was established at the Fuke Temple, Myoan-ji, and the members of this society and their students transmitted this form of shakuhachi music to the present generation of players. |
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