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| | Shakuhachi player Ishikawa Toshimitsu |
 | | Ishikawa Toshimitsu studied Kinko-ryu shakuhachi music and other classical honkyoku (solo compositions that were played by the zen priests, komuso, in a form of meditation known as suizen) under Tajima Tadashi and Yokoyama Katsuya. |
 | | In 1996, Ishikawa was awarded the Osaka Arts Theater's Shorei-Shinjin prize, and in 1997, was awarded the Shorei prize at the 3rd All Japan Hogaku contest. |
 | | Besides being a member of the Orchestra Asia "Japan Ensemble" and a representative of the Osaka Hogaku Solisten, Ishikawa also presides over his own organization, Ishi no Kai, periodically holds training classes for the public, and is a permanent lecturer of the International Shakuhachi kenshukan. |
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