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Shika no Tône (Don't know which version)

鹿の遠音

[Genre]Honkyoku

Shika no Tône (Don't know which version) appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonDistant Cry of Deer, The Shakuhachi : Koga Masayuki

Esprit d'Orient Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya

Home is Now Shakuhachi : Horacio Curti

Ichi Shakuhachi : Horacio Curti
This is one of the rare honkyoku pieces played as a duet. Although old, this recording conveys for me the honor of having been performed together with Kakizakai Sensei.

Japanese Traditional Music For Two Shakuhachi Shakuhachi : Ralph Samuelson
Shakuhachi : Riley Kōho Lee
Kurosawa Kinko is said to have collected this piece at Shojuken temple in Nagasaki from the monk Ikkeishi, and his arrangement was subsequently incorporated as one of the 36 honkyoku of the Kinko-ryu. Shika no Tone is one of the few honkyoku pieces traditionally played as a duet, and its unusually dramatic and poetic qualities have made it very popular for performance on the concert stage. The call-and-response form represents the image of two deer calling in the woods as they gradually approach each other through the distance.
Play ButtonKoku Shakuhachi : Monden Tekikū

Music for Yoga and Reiki - Relaxation Music for Shakuhachi Shakuhachi : Rodrigo Rodriguez
featuring Kohachiro Miyata

Music for Zen Meditation - Shakuhachi Japanese Flute Shakuhachi : Rodrigo Rodriguez

Musical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 3 Shakuhachi : Araki Kodō V
Shakuhachi : Nōtomi Haruhiko
During the Edo period the shakuhachi was the instrument exclusively used by a sect of mendicant Buddhist monks. The music which these monks played on their wanderings included-in addition to Buddhist sutra recitations-elements of folk-songs which the monks encountered, and also imitations of the sounds of nature.

"Shika no tone" was composed at the beginning of the 18th century. The style of performance is noteworthy in its obvious dependence upon the literary context. The full title, "Yobikaeshi shika no tone", means "Deer calling to one another in the distance". The musically stylized call of two deer is represented by two shakuhachi answering one another.

November Steps - Take no Miryoku Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya
Play ButtonShakuhachi - Classical Modern Best 30 - 02 Shakuhachi : Aoki Reibo II
Shakuhachi : Yamaguchi Gorō

Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute Shakuhachi : Miyata Kōhachirō
This is one of the most famous shakuhachi compositions, and probably the most recent of the works heard here: it dates from the 18th century. Entitled "The Sound of Deer Calling to One Another,” the piece's special effects call for a particular kind of audible breathing in which the melodic line is never lost. Often the work is heard as a duet for two shakuhachi, and it is not certain which version is the original. It is played here on the standard-sized instrument {this particular composition is rarely, if ever, played on other sizes).

Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute - Clive Bell Shakuhachi : Clive Bell
The Call of the Dear - The mating call of dear herds in the mountains. Often played as a duet; this is MIYATA's solo version of the piece.
Play ButtonWatazumido no Sekai Shakuhachi : Watazumi Dōso Roshi

Watazumido-so Roshi Shakuhachi : Watazumi Dōso Roshi
Play ButtonWild Silence Shakuhachi : Elizabeth Reian Bennett