Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your words of support for the project. I've had a couple of
emails but only one link to a maker. I hope people will find the time
and interest to contribute photos.
I'm still leary of putting up "one flute" maker's that are guesses.
Although perhaps their could be a section just for that though . . .
the unsure section. You have several on your site though that are
known makers. I can download some of the photos if you don't mind.
Unless you have or can make better hanko photos.
There is none on your site for for Ryuho and I should have him.
Also Yokoyama Ranpo.
Kyosui is a name I don't know, but the text on your site infers that he
is a known maker. I'd like that hanko also.
I can probably "sharpen" the hanko for Kaneyasu Dodo in Photoshop.
Is "Keisui" a known maker or an interpretation of this hanko. It is
a very clear photo.
There is a Shozan on your site and a Shozan who currently makes
shakuhachi for Mejiro. Could this be the same maker?? The current
Shozan was a student of Chikusen Tamai. Apparently a good number of
modern makers were students of Chikusen Tamai but I can find nothing
about his flutes on the web except one at Ronnies site (a Chikusen 1
and the current Chikusen).
I think I need to break into Ronnie Seldon's house and take photos of
his collection! There are a lot of pre-modern era quality makers there
like Chikuho Sakai 1 & II. (another "Chiku". That is a recurring
theme here including Bon"chiku". Do you know what it means?
Well I expect this will be an "over the years" project. I could
probably get a lot of hanko & flute photos at the New York festival. I
must not make a pest of myself though. 8--] BTW, do you know yet if
you are you going to New York?
Thanks again for any further help you can be,
Bill
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On Mar 30, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Bruce Jones wrote:
>> From: Bill Fletcher <bill@scienceandart.com>
>>
>> I am willing to build a web page and maintain it that would offer
>> this.
>
> A worthwhile project!
>
>> I would like anyone who is interested to take a digital (or film)
>> photo of their shakuhachi and a close up of the hanko and send it
>> to me with the maker's name.
>
> I have quite a few of these, mostly from the reibo.org website.
> Do you want them as email (not preferred) or someplace where you
> can download them via http? I can send a list of URLs.
>
>> You should be sure about the maker - we don't want to post inaccurate
>> information.
>
> Good luck on this. We have a number of flutes whose maker cannot be
> established from the chop. Many times no one can even read the chop
> - despite the clarity thereof. A case in point is the "Anpo"
> nishaku we had up a while ago. Neither Funagira (Senshu
> Shakuhachi) nor Kaoru Kakizakai, nor Masa Yoshizawa could read the
> chop with any certainty. We get a lot of those.
>
> At best, I suspect you'll be puttting up photos, all of which might
> be perfectly clear, but the reading of many of which will likely be
> subjective.
>
> But that's okay with me. Just a library of hanko photos, along with
> suspected readings would be fun.
>
> Great project!
>
> bj
>
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