A long shot here, but at the Sydney Festival Stan Richardson explained
some details regarding numbering in "Nesting Cranes".
Perhaps he can add to this one.
Kel.
On 3/09/2009, at 3:36 AM, Justin . wrote:
> Hi Glen
>
> --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Glen swann <caine2323@yahoo.com> wrote:
> but as to why a variant
>> order existed he didn't know.
>
> I also don't know. It is interesting that it is no longer used
> though, and I think this tells us something, and may relate to the
> context of the time they were used in. Some of the Kinko-ryu pieces
> are already very long, and the number system can make them a lot
> longer. This doesn't make sense from the perspective of performance
> (too boring for the audience!). So this may point us more in the
> direction of spiritual practice as a reason, where added length
> might be wanted, for longer "sessions" or perhaps to explore the
> piece more deeply. Just a thought. If anyone else knows any reasons
> I would be interested to hear any.
>
> Justin Senryu
> http://senryushakuhachi.com/
>
>
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