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NEW Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $4000. Larger than average bore and finger-holes. Big open expressive tone with a rich base. A lovely powerful and expressive flute with great tuning and even intonation. | ||
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NEW Suikyo 1.8 $3800. Smooth, rich, both in sound and bamboo coloring. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 $4000 susudake. Smooth, deep tonal landscape. Very easy to voice and lightweight too. Bamboo is close to the perfect aesthetic. Powerfully responsive. | ||
Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3500. Refined, powerful, complex, robust, responsive, beautiful. High quality bamboo and an excellent tonal quality to go along. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 $7700. Three signatures. Suikyo put a lifetime of expertise into this flute. It represents a highly refined level of bore tuning, particularly the subtle tone-shaping. Exquisitely responsive. Wide and deep tonal landscape. Wide dynamic contrast. Silky warm tonality. Light at 350g. | ||
NEW Yokota 1.8 $1700. Sweet, rounded traditional Kinko sound. Very likeable and the bamboo is gorgeous. Lightweight at 322g. | ||
SOLD Yokota 1.8 $1200. This flute is extaordinary in its capabilities and low price. Powerful, rich, open and well-tuned, it's unusually briliant at this price. 366g. | ||
NEW Yokota 1.8 $4700. Traditional Kinko sound and beauty of tone, 329g. Easy to play and responsive in all ways. The bamboo is rare and beautiful. | ||
NEW Yokota 1.8 $3500. 335g. Lightweight, full of space and responsive. | ||
SOLD Hozan 1.8 $3500. Mellow, sweet, great tuning. Bozu style. Beautiful bamboo. Lovely to hold. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 $3500. Susudake. Powerful, rich, very easy to play. Gorgeous bamboo. Excellent tuning at A440. | ||
NEW Suikyo 1.8 $2800. Sensually beautiful bamboo. Clear open and powerful sound. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 nobekan $3000. Lightweight at 300g. Mostly jinashi. Desirable instrument. It plays very easily with older sound and excellent tuning. Myoan utaguchi. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 $2800. Light at 300g. Fabulous rich and well-tuned capable flute. | ||
NEW Hōzan 1.9 $4000. Delightful, warm, multi-layered expressive tone. Finely tuned, gorgeous bamboo. Featherweight at 280g. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 1.8 nobekan susudake $2000. A dream flute at this price. Great strong tone and tuning. Featherweight at 280g. Can play anything well. | ||
SOLD Hōzan 1.8 $5500. Extraordinarily beautiful unusual bamboo. The tonality goes along with it: warm, velvety, deep. This flute has a lovely soundscape with a distant horizon. Light at 280g. | ||
SOLD Hōzan 1.8 $5500. Special Kurochiku black bamboo. Easily voiced and focused, this beautiful flute has a charming tone and behaves extremely well all through the octaves. Very user-friendly. Light at 280g. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 susudake nobekan, $3700. Gorgeous in every way. Excellent, well-tuned, very responsive, warm and earthy sound. Very little ji, made mostly by subtraction. Light at 300g. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500. Particulary likeable and responsive flute with even intonation and a capacity for strong focused tone. Voices easily. Beautiful to look at and to hold. Very good. | ||
Suikyõ 1.8 nobekan, 6 nodes. $2000. This flute plays excellently, looks great and and sounds very good. It is unusually fine for the price. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500. Nobekan. Responsive, nice in the hands. This one will be a delight to own and play. Clear open sound. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 nobekan, $3600. Very slender and lightweight. 270g. Lovely and surprisingly powerful sound, vibrates like crazy. Ivory Myoan utaguchi. Mostly jinashi | ||
Suikyõ 1.8, $4000. Very lightweight at 270g. Open hollow tone. One of Suikyo's best. Highly responsive well-tuned jiari flute with very little ji in the bore. Great breath capacity. Hidden depths. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3300. Very easy to play. Gome bamboo with pronounced texture. Rich tone color. This flute can be pushed hard when necessary. | ||
SOLD Hōzan 1.8 $5000. Open, very responsive and quick sound. Delightful to hold and easy to play. Richly variegated tones. Feather light at 250g. | ||
Suikyo 1.8 $2800. Lovely open strong performer. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2000, ivory Meian utaguchi, big holes | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Dense, powerful tone. Very responsive. Very light at 270g. Ivory utaguchi. Beautiful in all ways. | ||
Ichijo 1.8 shakuhachi $2700. Strong, colorful tone. A good example of Ichijo's work. | ||
SOLD Ichijo 1.8 shakuhachi $1900. Lightweight. Open sound. Very agreeable instrument. Feels nice in the hands. | ||
SOLD Ichijo 1.8 shakuhachi $2200. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2700 | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $5000. Huge, powerful, great projection, definition and response. | ||
SOLD Suikyo 2.4 nobekan $3300. Unusually lightweight at 300g. Mostly jinashi. This is a fabulous instrument. It plays very easily, has a expansive, complex and sophisticated sound. Nicely tuned. | ||
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SOLD 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! | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $2300 | ||
Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $3000. Very fine and beautiful long flute. Powerful, clear and complex tone with exceptional responsiveness and even intonation. Very adaptable to different genres of music. | ||
Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $3000. Little ji | ||
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Suikyõ 2.0 shakuhachi $2800. Nobekan. Ivory Meian utaguchi. Little ji. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 2.0 jinashi shakuhachi $1700, big holes, first class performer 330g light | ||
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Suikyõ 2.0 jinashi shakuhachi $1700, big holes 266g! amazingly light | ||
NEW Suikyo 1.6 nobekan jinashi. $1700. Myoan utaguchi. Myoan type of sound....broad and melifluous. The ro is lovely on this flute. Very lightweight. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2700. Superb tuning and intonation. Bright and powerful. | ||
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Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2800. Superb tuning and intonation. Tonal core can be pushed into deep color. | ||
NEW Suikyõ 1.6 nobekan jinashi, $3000. Very responsive lively sound. Strong vibration. Ivory Myoan utaguchi. Dense bamboo. Powerful in all ways. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2500. Nobekan. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $1700. Unusually good value, great tuning and responsiveness. | ||
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Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2900. | ||
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Suikyõ 2.7 shakuhachi $2100 | ||
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SOLD Hõzan 2.7 shakuhachi $5000. Lighter than many 1.8s at 410g. Beautiful in all ways, with a warm and charming tone. Little ji. Easy to sound and play. Easy to fall in love with. | ||
Hõzan 2.7 shakuhachi $3800. Big bore. Rich and resonant tone. The fingering is easy and the voice and power of the flute are accessible with little effort. A tone like soft clouds, with a promise of thunder. | ||
SOLD Ichijo 2.1 shakuhachi $3200. | ||
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SOLD Hõzan 2.1 shakuhachi $3500. Old susudake. Almost no ji. Two piece. Gorgeous in all ways. Third octave plays easily all the way. Rich and full tonality. | ||










All new shakuhachi for sale on this page are crafted in the traditional manner using natural materials in a tradition going back centuries.
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 have served as long as 10 years, apprenticed to Master makers from a young age. 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 mark-up.
ジャパン尺八()では、日本語でのお問い合わせに対応しております。(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 Yūdo Sawyer is the licensed teacher of
Colorado Mujuan Shakuhachi Dojo, teaching shakuhachi in the lineage of Kyoto Mujuan dojo under Kurahashi Yodo II
david@japanshakuhachi.com (303) 666-5581














New shakuhach for sale, pre-owned shakuhachi for sale. Made by traditional Japanese craftsmen of the highest caibre and background. Japanshakuhachi offers personal auditions of all flutes pictured on this website. Varying needs can be met, whether you are a Kinko, Tozan, Dokyoku, Myoan player, these flutes are responsive, well-tuned and yield beautiful tone color.Shakuhachi lessons and teaching. traditional Japanese bamboo flute,bamboo,shakuhachi,syakuhati, komuso,pentatonic,folkflute,Kinko,Tozan,Dokyoku,Hogaku,jinashi,jiari.




















Suikyo has worked on these three new shakuhachi with a specific aim in mind: to make very well performing jinashi nobekan flutes that have the same technical attributes as good jiari flutes, but with myoan tonal character and response. All three are very fine performers.
NEW Suikyo 1.8 $3800 nobekan jinashi. Lightweight at 255g. Myoan utaguchi.
NEW Suikyo 1.8 $3000 nobekan jinashi. Lightweight at 326g. Myoan utaguchi
NEW Suikyo 1.8 $3300 nobekan jinashi. Lightweight at 310g. Myoan utaguchi


SOLD Hozan 2.1 $4000. Fabulous longer shakuhachi. Open, powerful and colorful sound. Highly responsive. All the details of this flute are of the highest quality. The finish, looks, tuning, intonation and response are first class. A wonderful instrument by any standards. Lightweight at 403g

SOLD Hozan 1.8 $4000. Larger bore, beefy shakuhachi with a delightfuly smooth and powerful tone. Ivory utaguchi. Big open sound.

NEW Ichijo 1.8 $2250. Delightful, easy to play flute with a strongly focussed and powerful sound. It has a rich and colorful tone. Bozu (kezurine) style root end. Comes with a leather bag.




NEW Hozan 1.8 $5500. Warm, smooth and powerful tone. Hugely responsive. Open sound. This flute possesses a highly refined tonal palette and represents some of Hozan's best work at this price. 333g.
NEW Hozan 1.8 $5000 kezurine. Amazingly smooth and beautifully tuned, warm-toned flute. Ivory/gold utaguchi. 280g lightweight. This shakuhachi is delightful and featherweight in the hands. Beautiful dark markings.