derived from the Zen-tradition, to which the komusō nominally belonged. In the 19th century the komusō-tradition became known as the Fuke-shū (普化宗, Fuke...
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notable for their role in the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhist monks, known as komusō ("priests of nothingness" or "emptiness monks"), who used the shakuhachi...
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and allowing him to travel undistracted on his journey. Tengai (天蓋): (see komusō) Torioigasa (鳥追笠): a folded kasa, famously worn for the Awa Dance Festival...
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(1968-2016), Japanese musician and record producer Kinko Kurosawa (1710–1771), komusō and music collector Kowloon Kurosawa (born 1971), essayist and nonfiction...
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ninja to spy in enemy buildings without rousing suspicion. Disguises as a komusō, a mendicant monk known for playing the shakuhachi, were also effective...
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teacher, and craftsman. Like his teacher, Kyochiku Tani, Nishimura became a komusō (a mendicant shakuhachi player). Nishimura wandered Japan as a mendicant...
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are generally left more intact than those of a shakuhachi, though older komuso shakuhachi also share this trait. Together, these characteristics make for...
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traditional Jiuta. At the age of nineteen Rinzō Nakao was initiated as a komusō, a Buddhist monk and practitioner of suizen, at Tōfuku-ji temple in Kyōto...
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of Linji (J. Rinzai-roku 臨剤録). Fuke was used to create a legend for the komusō samurai-monks that appeared in Edo-period Japan. They used their self-named...
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Part of a series on Komusō People Ennin Ichirōsō Ikkyū Kakushin Kyochiku Zenji/Kichiku Fuke/Puhua Rōan Zhang Bai Komu Kinko Kurosawa Chang Po/Chōhaku Philosophy...
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Part of a series on Komusō People Ennin Ichirōsō Ikkyū Kakushin Kyochiku Zenji/Kichiku Fuke/Puhua Rōan Zhang Bai Komu Kinko Kurosawa Chang Po/Chōhaku Philosophy...
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distinctive mendicant komusō monks, who wore a distinctive basket covering the head and played a shakuhachi. Kanto-area komusō were based mainly in Ichigatsu-ji...
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February 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2011. Tsuge Gen'ichi (2016). "Sakura". komuso.com. International Shakuhachi Society. Archived from the original on 15...
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2005 Monta Tokita Tennen Aluminium! (天然あるみにゅーむ!) December 2007 March 2008 Komusō Tenshi no Matsuei (てんしの末裔) October 2002 January 2006 Jun Fujishima Three...
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Part of a series on Komusō People Ennin Ichirōsō Ikkyū Kakushin Kyochiku Zenji/Kichiku Fuke/Puhua Rōan Zhang Bai Komu Kinko Kurosawa Chang Po/Chōhaku Philosophy...
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Japanese Zen monks called Komuso. Komuso temples were abolished in 1871, but their honkyoku music remains popular in modern Japan. Komuso played honkyoku as...
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pilgrimage site of the Fuke sect of Rinzai Zen. The temple was founded by the komusō and Zen master Kichiku (known honorarily as Kyochiku Zenji)—in whose remembrance...
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monasteries in Japan once were), and housed komusō. Rinzai monks and priests still dress and practice suizen as komusō during memorial ceremonies in remembrance...
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2011 (2011-07-13) Sakazaki enters the casino to challenge the Bog again, dressed as a Komusō monk. He plays the machine, quickly losing his stake of ¥6 million, then...
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clothing for a male Zen Buddhist lay-monk, and the favoured garment for komusō monks playing the shakuhachi. Sarashi (晒し) Sarashi is Japanese for 'bleached...
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Kinko Kurosawa (黒沢 琴古, Kurosawa Kinko) was an 18th-century komusō of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. A former samurai, he became a shakuhachi instructor...
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Komuhachi (虚無八 Komuhachi, 2, 12-13, Gingaman vs. Megaranger) is an octopus-like Komusō Majin who is master of the Majin Art: Phantom Dance (魔人寸法幻の舞 Majin Sunpō...
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Kneer / Hertenstein (Andrea Massaria, Meinrad Kneer, and Joe Hertenstein) Komuso 2023 Mario Cianca Trio (Mario Cianca, Luca Venitucci, and Andrea Biondi)...
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career, and he returned to his custom of vagabondage in the fashion of a Komusō monk, apparently as a sort of Nekkhamma. For the next few years Tsuji fell...
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experimental music collective Spirit of Gravity and was last seen gigging as Komuso, which he described as an improvised unit, which featured guests who were...
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slowed down, allowing the Komusō to strike with his naginata at regular game speed. This boss' appearance was inspired by the komusō monks, who flourished...
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leader of Division 3 who wears a straw bascinet over his head similar to the Komusō. He speaks through the robot-like Vermillion. Zhuang Zhou (portrayed by...
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Konishi Contract employee for Astral and expert in Buddhism. Usually seen in komuso attire, has been practising Vajrayana since he was quite young. Additionally...
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Namemama (なめママ). Nazonotengaiotoko (謎の天蓋男) - A mysterious man who wears a komusō. He was sent by Daifuku-no-kami to watch over Zenmai Zamurai from the shadows...
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defend, attack, or raid villages. Special troops such as ninja, geisha, and komusō have special capabilities they use to spy on enemy villages, or to perform...
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