> Justin,
>
> Don't really know how efficient the law was to outlaw the komuso. It
> is sure that they continued in some form or shape. My Mum, who is born
> in 1934 talks about how scared she used to be of shakuhachi playing
> komuso monks when she was little. And she was born and grew up in
> Harajuku, pretty central Tokyo - one can say, so not just something in
> the countryside. The way my grandmother used to describe komuso, as
> she remembers them, they seemed not to have the tengai on... but
> really I don't know more than what these two have told me. And surely
> they had, at least by that time, lost their connection to the Fuke
> Sect and the temples, probably. I know that there are a few komuso in
> Japan now walking around with their komuso outfits and playing.
>
> Kiku
I recently played honkyoku at an art opening and I was approached by an
astonished elderly Japanese lady (approx. 75) who told me she used to
see "monks who wore special hats" walking from temple to temple playing
similar music.
Tairaku
>
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