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They were great! and there's Scotty Kilmer!The only version of this show worth watching.
If you go to the youtube channel page there are 200 videos. Everyone of them worth a watch.
They were great! and there's Scotty Kilmer!The only version of this show worth watching.
If you go to the youtube channel page there are 200 videos. Everyone of them worth a watch.
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From smallest to largest. A modern 1.5 jiari shakuhachi from Japan, maker unknown but plays like a professional instrument. Next a 1.8 jiari made by Yokoyama Ranpo considered by many to be among the all time top makers. He was also the father of my teachers teacher. The tone color in this video strikes me as very similar to the sound of my Ranpo on the rare occasions that I manage to play it well. A kind of darker almost gritty kind of timbre that I really like.
Next, pro model 1.8 cast bore jiari by Monty Levenson from California.
Next one a jiari 2.2 takeharu from Japan.
2.55 wide bore jinashi in G by Ken Lacosse from San Francisco. Ken very recently passed away and his flutes are in very high demand. He specialized in wide bore jinashi shakuhachi “taimu”.
One of Ken’s flutes in action here...
Lastly another wide bore jinashi, hotchikku style currently under construction by myself, 3.1 in Eb bamboo from France.
I don’t suppose anyone here lives near a grove of Madake bamboo? Good blanks are difficult to come by.
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From smallest to largest. A modern 1.5 jiari shakuhachi from Japan, maker unknown but plays like a professional instrument. Next a 1.8 jiari made by Yokoyama Ranpo considered by many to be among the all time top makers. He was also the father of my teachers teacher. The tone color in this video strikes me as very similar to the sound of my Ranpo on the rare occasions that I manage to play it well. A kind of darker almost gritty kind of timbre that I really like.
Next, pro model 1.8 cast bore jiari by Monty Levenson from California.
Next one a jiari 2.2 takeharu from Japan.
2.55 wide bore jinashi in G by Ken Lacosse from San Francisco. Ken very recently passed away and his flutes are in very high demand. He specialized in wide bore jinashi shakuhachi “taimu”.
One of Ken’s flutes in action here...
Lastly another wide bore jinashi, hotchikku style currently under construction by myself, 3.1 in Eb bamboo from France.
I don’t suppose anyone here lives near a grove of Madake bamboo? Good blanks are difficult to come by.
It is the human condition.Why compare?
I tried to make one. Could not for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong though.
That is a beautiful example and I have seen a number of antique Katana. The Dao, an ancient sword of China that predates the Han Dynasty is the father of the Katana. The Japanese did what they still continue to do, take a craft or an art form and perfect it to its max. There are so many examples of this and if you study Asian history and art well, it becomes evident. It is interesting that Japan had guns long ago, I have seen very old examples, but they abandoned the gun for the sword. There was an entire book devoted to this subject that I read many years ago.Katana are or were, the soul of a samurai
Hai!nigiri
Thanks! Yes, I do paint professionally, but the bulk of the work I do is somewhat anonymous, as in illustration, art for licensing, digital art etc. I paint under a couple of different pseudonyms for that sort of art. The stuff I posted is what I do for myself, things that are meaningful to me. I put my signature to my oils and my ceramics.That's talent man! If my paintings are ever gonna be half as nice as yours I'm going to be really happy
Are you a professional painter?
Thanks! Yes, I do paint professionally, but the bulk of the work I do is somewhat anonymous, as in illustration, art for licensing, digital art etc. I paint under a couple of different pseudonyms for that sort of art. The stuff I posted is what I do for myself, things that are meaningful to me. I put my signature to my oils and my ceramics.
As a painter, what I would suggest is to just keep doing it. I went to art school, but never took painting. I hid out in abstraction for a few years to cover for my poor technique. Ironically what did happen during that time is I learned a lot about painting and my technique improved. It really is a matter of giving yourself time to let your talent develop. I think Hokusai said he could paint when he hit about 60 or 70 and was about 80 when he started signing his work “old man mad about painting.” I guess I have a few years to go still.
Any suggestions on where to find a good goza mat for a tokonoma display? Not a tatami mat with the frame, just the thin mat? Thx!I really like japanese architecture and design, especially residential courtyards and outdoor baths, as well as alcoves and bonsai-related display in general
(tokonama photo from valavanis blog from this morning)
Any suggestions on where to find a good goza mat for a tokonoma display? Not a tatami mat with the frame, just the thin mat? Thx!
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I too enjoy judo. I eat lots of Japanese food. Big fan of Japan Uniqlo. Most random stuff would be I like going through Japanese 7-11, drugstores, hardware stores, and motorcycle shops.
Although, due to a weird convergence of circumstances it's called Brazilian jiu jitsu outside of Japan. And then stranger still, it went back to Japan under that name and is a separate sport.
Probably because the official sources in Japan are rigid and traditional about what cam be called what.
This completely escaped my recall until you mentioned it.Japanese 7-11
I'm pretty sure 7-11 is from Dallas Texas.This completely escaped my recall until you mentioned it.
7-Eleven is Japanese!!