All shakuhachi on this page are new instruments, crafted in the traditional manner using natural materials.

The Japanese makers represented are full-time professional craftsmen with as much as 30 years experience apiece, and make shakuhachi for some of the finest players in Japan and elsewhere. They are also master players in their own right and perform regularly. All shakuhachi are in stock and available for audition upon request. Others may not be listed, please enquire.

All flutes sold by Japanshakuhachi are sold at the same prices as the makers charge their Japanese customers...there is no surcharging.

ジャパン尺八（Japanshakuhachi）では、日本語でのお問い合わせに対応しております。EMS（国際スピード郵便）を使えば日米間の郵送日数はわずか３〜４日ですので、オーディションも簡単にしていただく事ができます。何なりとお申し付けください。　david@japanshakuhachi.com

NEW Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2800. Superb tuning and intonation. Tonal core can be pushed into deep color.

NEW Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3300.

Since there is an unusually wide selection of 2.0 shakuhachi in stock now, here they all are. All of the 2.0s are interesting. Most are lightweight and with little ji in the bore. Please enquire for specific information on a flute and its qualities.

NEW Suikyõ 2.0 shakuhachi $2800. Nobekan. Ivory Meian utaguchi. Little ji.

NEW Suikyõ 2.0 jinashi shakuhachi $1700, big holes, first class performer 330g light

NEW Suikyõ 2.0 jinashi shakuhachi $1700, big holes 266g! amazingly light

SOLD Suikyõ 2.0 jinashi shakuhachi $2700. Ultralight, great tuning and intonation throughout, warm tone. Excellent for Meian honkyoku.

Bonchiku 2.0 shakuhachi $1900 Jiari

NEW Suikyõ 2.0 shakuhachi $2700. Jiari

Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500. Unusually solid and beautiful for the price.

Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3000.

Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3000.

SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $3500, particularly attractive timbre, bamboo, tuning, value....weighs only 250g. Beautiful in all ways.

Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2000 , little ji, ivory Meian utaguchi, big holes, big bore

Tadasuke 1.8 shakuhachi $4000 Particularly good flute, very rich, warm and responsive. Lightweight.

Tadasuke 1.8 shakuhachi $2500 very lightweight

SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2000, ivory Meian utaguchi, big holes

SOLD Yokota 1.8 shakuhachi $900. Excellent for the price. Such a sweet flute with a lovely tone. Very likeable and does everything a good flute should do.

SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2700

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $2800

SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500

SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Lightweight and very responsive. Superb color.

SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500 nobekan, little ji, superb tone and tuning, ivory Meian utaguchi, big bore

SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $5000. Beautiful, lightweight, subtle, responsive. Tuning is superb. Easy to play.

SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3500.

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $2400. Very successful, likeable flute.

Yokota 1.8 shakuhachi $1300

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $2000

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $5500

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $2800

SOLD Yokota 1.8 shakuhachi $1800. Particularly traditional Kinko sound.

SOLD Yokota 1.8 shakuhachi $1000

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $2000

Bonchiku 1.8 shakuhachi $1600 Particularly good value for the price. Well-behaved, very responsive.

Suikyõ 2.7 shakuhachi $2100

Hõzan 2.7 'G' jinashi shakuhachi $5500. Big bore, light, easy to hold, easy to play, easy to voice and focus, and has a complex and beautiful tone not easily described (sounds like warm dark chocolate....a reasonable attempt at description!). Very well tuned and balanced. Inline holes, but hole 3 is comfortably easy to reach.

Bonchiku 2.7 shakuhachi $3000 Bonchiku's signature length, long shakuhachi, played by some of the finest performers in the world. Very responsive, big sound, gorgeous tone.

SOLD Suikyõ 2.1 shakuhachi $3000. Almost no ji.

Suikyõ 2.1 shakuhachi $2700. Almost no ji. Big sound, larger than average bore. Excellent responsiveness. Sophisticated complex tone. Great value.

Hõzan 2.1 shakuhachi $3500. Old susudake. Almost no ji. Two piece. Gorgeous in all ways. Third octave plays easily all the way.

Bonchiku 2.4 shakuhachi $2600

Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $2300

Hõzan 2.4 jinashi shakuhachi $3000. Big bore. Weighs 330 gms. Delightful hollow tone. The bamboo is 300 years old smoked bamboo (susudake), from an old house in Kyoto. Brings a smile to all who pick it up!

SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $1700. Unusually good value, great tuning and responsiveness.

SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2900.

Yokota 1.6 shakuhachi $4500

Bonchiku 1.6 shakuhachi $1900

Bonchiku 1.6 shakuhachi $2500