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Shakuhachi Lesson (Kinko style)
Kinko-ryu Koten Honkyoku /Instructor: Mr. Keisuke Zenyoji
✿Lesson fee: 6,050 yen/45-min lesson, *CASH ONLY for visitors!
✿Though he is not a fluent English speaker, Mr. Zenyoji currently teaches many non-Japanese speaking students. Communication is not an issue in simple conversation!
✿For dates not listed below, please make arrangements at least 4 weeks in advance. The lesson fee for dates outside our regular schedule is 9,350 yen for a 45-minute lesson.
✿Your personal info is required upon booking.(Address in Japan, NOT your original country) No show and canceling notified less than 36 hours are subject to a 3000 yen cancellation fee.
Instructor: Mr. Keisuke Zenyoji
(Kinko style/Classical Nezasaha Kimpu-ryu/Komuso Shakuhachi
BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Zenyoji is one of the most prominent shakuhachi performers both in Japan and around the world. Having been taught the art of "Komuso Shakuhachi" from his father since age 6, Zenyoji received his bachelor's and master's degree in Shakuhachi from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music and acted as an assistant shakuhachi instructor at the University from 1991 - 1996. He is also known as a performer preserving the "Nezasaha Kimpu-Ryu", an original style of shakuhachi played in Hirosaki region of Aomori Prefecture. Mr. Zenyoji has also published "Hajimete no Shakuhachi" (Shakuhachi Beginner's Manual) published from Ongaku no Tomosha in 2000. As one of the few musicians who seriously engages in classical shakuhachi music, he was named as a Living National Treasure of Japan at the young age of 61.
Private lessons are for students of all levels.
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