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<P>Hi Tots.</P>
<P>When I was travelling towards Yakushina, an island south off Kagoshima in Kyushu, I stopped by a friend's place, who has got a restaurant called Calcutta in Kumamoto. There I met a guy that made shakuhachi. He had carved a lotus and a Buddha on the 3 shakuhachi he showed me. He was not a professional player, but made really nice shakuhachis. He was selling them to friends and maybe also at markets in Kumamoto and other places in Kyushu. I can't remember his name, but can maybe find it if I look through my address books or contact my friend with the restaurant. I will probably go to Kyushu when I go to Japan this summer. I can try to find out then. Tell me if you're in a hurry.</P>
<P>Best wishes Kiku<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Tots Tolentino" <TOTS@QUICKWEB.COM.PH>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Shakuhachi" <SHAKUHACHI@COMMUNICATION.UCSD.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: flute id
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:57:38 +0800
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<DIV></DIV>>Hi all,
<DIV></DIV>>A friend of mine acquired through inheritance a shakuhachi.
<DIV></DIV>>Root end and plays nice. Aside from the maker mark there is
<DIV></DIV>>a figure of Buddha sitting on a lotus plant. Does this give
<DIV></DIV>>any clue to the maker? I don't have access to digital
<DIV></DIV>>photography but will try to get a photo of the maker mark
<DIV></DIV>>scanned.
<DIV></DIV>>Any leads will do and thanks for all replies.
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<DIV></DIV>>Tots Tolentino
<DIV></DIV>>tots@quickweb.com.ph
<DIV></DIV>>http://www.geocities.com/totst
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<DIV></DIV>>All of the music is out there in the first place, all of
<DIV></DIV>>it. From the beginning of time the music was there. All
<DIV></DIV>>you have to do is try to get a little piece of it. I
<DIV></DIV>>don't care how great you are, you only get a little piece
<DIV></DIV>>of it."
<DIV></DIV>> - Dizzy Gillespie, conversation with Nat Hentoff, 1983
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