CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Japan’s most iconic wind instrument, the shakuhachi (a root-end, longitudinal bamboo flute) became popular during the Edo period (1615–1868) among the wandering komusō monks of the Fuke sect and was considered more of a tool for meditation than a musical instrument.

Detailed explanation-2: -The shakuhachi is classified as an end-blown vertical notched oblique flute. Unlike the Western transverse flute, the shakuhachi is held vertically. In a Western flute, there is a tone hole that is blown straight across to produce a sound, similar to how you blow across the top of a glass bottle to create a sound.

Detailed explanation-3: -shakuhachi, a Japanese end-blown bamboo flute that was originally derived from the Chinese xiao in the 8th century. The shakuhachi’s blowing end is cut obliquely outward, and a small piece of ivory or bone is inserted at the edge so that subtle varieties of tone colour can be produced.

Detailed explanation-4: -The shakuhachi is a Japanese bamboo flute, still used today by Buddhist Zen monks as a meditation tool. Also popular in the past with samurai warriors, its eerie sound is heard in Japanese folk and classical music.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary genres of shakuhachi music are: Honkyoku (traditional, solo) Sankyoku (ensemble, with koto and shamisen) Shinkyoku (new music composed for shakuhachi and koto, commonly post-Meiji period compositions influenced by Western music)