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	Index of Koten Pieces
		This was first favored by mendicant friars and later became in fashion among the lower class Samurai and merchants.
		In the beginning of the Edo Period itinerant Buddhist priests (Komuso) of the Fuke sect who were employed by Samurai began to use a 1.8 feet long Shakuhachi for their mendicancy.
		A retired Samurai, Kurosawa Kinko (1710-1771), who was the teacher at a temple of the sect, established a style of art music on the instrument by composing new pieces based upon the repertoire of the Fuke Shakuhachi.
	www.komuso.com /pieces (770 words)

	Newsletter - 5/18/04 - Shakuhachi Zen Flute
		These were the "ronin" (masterless samurai), many of whom joined the ranks of the Komuso monks for spiritual focus as well as a chance to carry a weapon again, namely, the club-like Shakuhachi.
		They travelled from place to place on pilgrimages to the various Komuso temples throughout Japan, playing their Shakuhachi for alms and meditation, concealed from the outer world by a large basket-like hat (tengai) that completely covered their faces.
		It is said that it came about when after the Komuso Monks finished a hard training in their martial arts, which included jiujutsu (soft technique) and kenpo (sword play) they would play their shakuhachi immediately afterwards, and the pulsing sound would be from their shallow breath and fast beating hearts.
	www.urbandharma.org /udnl2/nl051804.html (5574 words)

	Martial Arts
		Komuso promotes a nurturing environment aimed at developing students potential.
		Practice of Komuso requires mental toughness, focus, awareness and a calm state of being.
		Suitable for all age ranges Komuso develops good fitness and health, self confidence/control and provides a safe way to learn self defence technique.
	www.thekomusosystem.co.uk (575 words)

	Amazon.com: Komuso: The Healing Art of Zen: Music: Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The "ko" in komuso means "emptiness" or "nothingness"; this concept of quieting the mind was the aim of these healing priests.
		The word komuso is derived from the title given to priests of the Fuke Zen sect who traveled all over Japan during the Edo period.
		Komuso is the latest and I think the best of recording of music for the Shakuhachi that Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin has created.
	www.amazon.com /Komuso-Healing-Ronnie-Nyogetsu-Seldon/dp/B00004NRYS (1506 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		The komuso were itinerant, mendicant priests of the Fuke-Shu sect of Zen Buddhism who wandered Japan during the Edo period (1600-1868).
		The ko in komuso means "emptiness" or "nothingness," so the komuso were quite literally priests of the emptiness.
		The komuso wandered the breadth of the countryside.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/27/story_2780_1.html (471 words)

	Komuso Ryu
		The Komuso School finds its roots in the wandering street magician tradition that began during the warring states era of China.
		This modern incarnation of the Komuso Ryu began with one of students of the Grand Master of the present day Koga Clan known to the world as Ashida Kim, T. Broussard.
		It was the komuso’s emphasis on spiritual power mastering the flesh that enabled T. Broussard to overcome his body’s limits as was needed for him to make his dream of being a ninja a reality as well as granting him a more normal life than is ordinarily afforded to one with a disability.
	www.komusoryu.com (427 words)

	John Singer - Shakuhachi Kinpu Ryu History
		He wandered as a Komuso in the Tohoku region until his death.
		It was considered to be the most important posession of the Komuso and was a much more serious license than the "Shihan license" of today.
		The Honsoku was the most important of the three seals that a Komuso had to carry on himself.
	www.zenflute.com /kinpu.html (984 words)

	Defensive weapons of the Japanese samurai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		During the Edo Period, marked by disintegration of feudal Japan, the shakuhachi was often favored by swelling numbers of uprooted and masterless samurai warriors, or ronin.
		In return for this privilege, the komuso agreed to spy on the activities of other ronin, watching for any signs of a potential rebellion.
		In any case, no longer part of the samurai class, the komuso were forbidden to wear their swords.
	www.e-budokai.com /articles/weapons.htm (2121 words)

	Slate Magazine: Second Life Arts Total Entertainment - Komuso Tokugawa at the Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The komuso were historically a group of priests who played shakuhachi music called Sui-zen for healing.
		Ko means emptiness and the komuso were priests who were like empty vessels gathering up other people’s sorrows and healing them with the music from their flutes.
		Their flute songs date back to the Edo period of Japan (1600-1868) and are also played to reach a meditative state similar to the breathing practices of Qi Gong and Yoga.
	www.slatenight.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=36 (948 words)

	Nyogetsu - Interview Japan Times
		"These were pieces used for healing by komuso, mendicant Zen monks who traveled with tengai baskets on their heads for anonymity, and to suppress the ego," he said.
		Though samurai spies masqueraded as komuso because of the ideal disguise provided by a basket over one's head, other komuso would check to see whether or not they could actually play with a kind of musical dialogue.
		There was one komuso left in Kyoto when Seldin arrived here almost 30 years ago.
	www.nyogetsu.com /japantimes.html (894 words)

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