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NEW 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. | ||
NEW Hōzan 1.8 $5000. Open, very responsive and quick sound. Delightful to hold and easy to play. Richly variegated tones. Feather light at 250g. | ||
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. | ||
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. 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. | ||
NEW Hōzan 1.9 $4000. Delightful, resonant, multi-layered expressive tone. Finely tuned, gorgeous bamboo. Featherweight 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. | ||
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 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 nobekan, 6 nodes. $2000. This flute plays excellently, looks great and and sounds very good. It is unusually fine for the price. | ||
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 $4000. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Velvet, dark and complex sound. Takes a lot of air. Lightweight. Powerful and punchy. | ||
Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3500. Refined, powerful, complex, robust, responsive, beautiful. High quality bamboo and an excellent tonal quality to go along. | ||
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. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500. A very desirable, great performing flute with lovely tone. Responsiveness is unusual and rewarding. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $3300. Particularly good value. It has large holes and a wide open rich tone. The dai meri notes are easy. Extremely responsive. Lightweight 320g. Lovely bamboo. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500. Unusually solid and beautiful for the price. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2000, ivory Meian utaguchi, big holes | ||
Ichijo 1.8 shakuhachi $2700. Strong, colorful tone. A good example of Ichijo's work. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Dense, powerful tone. Very responsive. Very light at 270g. Ivory utaguchi. Beautiful in all ways. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $3500. Lovely instrument. Very easy to play. Gorgeous in looks and tone. Very light at 250g. Ivory utaguchi. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $5000. Velvety light and dark tones. Big bore, thin walls. Very lightweight at 250g. Ivory utaguchi. Brilliantly responsive and powerful. | ||
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SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Lightweight at 250g. Hõzan's quality and finish are clearly apparent. Superb tuning, intonation, response. | ||
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SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $3500, particularly attractive timbre, bamboo, tuning, value....weighs only 250g. Beautiful in all ways. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $5000. Huge, powerful, great projection, definition and response. | ||
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SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $4500. Lightweight and very responsive. Superb color. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 1.8 shakuhachi $5000. Lightweight, responsive, very well-behaved. | ||
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 | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.8 shakuhachi $2500 | ||
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Suikyõ 2.7 shakuhachi $2100 | ||
NEW 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. | ||
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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. | ||
SOLD Hõzan 2.7 jinashi shakuhachi $5500. Big bore. Hollow tone. Really easy to hold and play. Chocolate velvet sound. | ||
NEW Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $3000. | ||
NEW Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $3000. Little ji | ||
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Suikyõ 2.4 shakuhachi $2300 | ||
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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 2.1 shakuhachi $2700. Almost no ji. Big sound, larger than average bore. Excellent responsiveness. Sophisticated complex tone. Great value. Superb lightweight honkyoku flute | ||
Ichijo 2.1 shakuhachi $3200. | ||
SOLD Suikyõ 2.1 shakuhachi $2700. Richly toned. Unusually fine, responsive flute, beautifully well-balanced. | ||
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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. | ||
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 $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. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $1700. Unusually good value, great tuning and responsiveness. | ||
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SOLD Suikyõ 1.6 shakuhachi $2900. | ||
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Suikyõ 2.0 shakuhachi $2800. Nobekan. Ivory Meian utaguchi. Little ji. | ||
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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 | ||










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 mark-up.
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。


























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