Takahashi Chikuzan "Take" ("Bamboo")

Takahashi Chikuzan, Tsugaru-jamisen master, playing the shakuhachi in this 1974 solo recording of "Take" (Bamboo). Chikuzan performed mostly on shamisen, particularily after his mentor, Narita Unchiku ("the father of Tsugaru folk song," pictured in the video) died. Chikuzan accompanied Narita on shakuhachi on such Tsugaru staples as "hohai bushi" and "Tsugaru Yamauta".

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• Chikuzan
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[monoporisecompany]

竹山の尺八初めて聞きました。私は津軽出身です。本当にありがと­うございました。

[xrismoran]

Thank you _very_ much for posting this and providing the links on the Shakuhachi Forum page. I only read your post tonight (May 15 2009) !!! Not being a teacher, or much of a student for that matter, Chikuzan sounds like a good min'yo player. Shakuhachi are tuned on the Yo scale (yosempo) with the tonic Ro. It's too late for me to noodle around tonight with Tsugaru Yamauta or Take, but my guess is that he's sticking pretty much to that basic scale and variants on "Esashi Oiwake" figures.

[minamotonounnkokusa1]

当に、天才

[strymon1961]

えー高橋竹山は尺八までやるのか・・・すご

[poverhxxx]

супер!

[Ronindennis]

Nice! I have some shakuhachi footage of Chikuzan somewhere too, I'll have to dig it up and post it.