used for the same pronunciation, resulting in komusō as Komusō (虚無僧) (also romanized komusou or komuso), "priest of nothingness" or "monk of emptiness"...

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...

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...

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...

(1968-2016), Japanese musician and record producer Kinko Kurosawa (1710–1771), komusō and music collector Kowloon Kurosawa (born 1971), essayist and nonfiction...

ninja to spy in enemy buildings without rousing suspicion. Disguises as a komusō, a mendicant monk known for playing the shakuhachi, were also effective...

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...

are generally left more intact than those of a shakuhachi, though older komuso shakuhachi also share this trait. Together, these characteristics make for...

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...

teacher, and craftsman. Like his teacher, Kyochiku Tani, Nishimura became a komusō (a mendicant shakuhachi player). Nishimura wandered Japan as a mendicant...

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...

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...

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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original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2011-10-10. Tsuge Gen'ichi (2016). "Sakura". komuso.com. International Shakuhachi Society. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15...

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...

monasteries in Japan once were), and housed komusō. Rinzai monks and priests still dress and practice suizen as komusō during memorial ceremonies in remembrance...

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...

Japanese Zen monks called Komuso. Komuso temples were abolished in 1871, but their honkyoku music remains popular in modern Japan. Komuso played honkyoku as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

first appearance, Michael Sorich in the second appearance) - An octopus/Komusō monster used by Deviot in an attempt to assassinate Trakeena. This monster...

Konishi Contract employee for Astral and expert in Buddhism. Usually seen in komuso attire, has been practising Vajrayana since he was quite young. Additionally...

 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...

Kneer / Hertenstein (Andrea Massaria, Meinrad Kneer, and Joe Hertenstein) Komuso 2023 Mario Cianca Trio (Mario Cianca, Luca Venitucci, and Andrea Biondi)...

Naya (納谷 六朗, Naya Rokurō). Hachouchin (ハチョウチン, Hachōchin): A Chōchinobake/Komusō-themed Ayakashi that has the features of an elephant and is capable of breathing...

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...