Shougaken Reibo, Akihito Obama at ISFP 2019

Shougaken Reibo performed on shakuhachi by Akihito Obama at the International Shakuhachi Festival 2019 on September 13th. Shogaken Reibo was preserved by the Shoganken Temple in the suburbs of Hanamaki City in Iwate Prefecture, and has spread throughout Japan s Tohoku (Northeast) region. This piece has a dynamic vibrato called Sokoyuri (literally soulshaking ). According to legend, in the Yoshiwara red light district of old Edo (Tokyo) some couples, deeply moved by this shakuhachi piece, have