Edo/Meiji Ji-nashi shakuhachi 2.0 in C
Mumei – 無名
Unsigned
Antique shakuhachi
- Japanese bamboo – 1 piece – 7 nodes
- Length : 593 mm
- Weight : 267 gr
- Diameter at utaguchi : int: 18,6 mm ext: 29 mm
- Diameter at foot : int: 17,5 mm ext: 43 mm
- Holes diameter : 9 mm
- Myoan deer horn inlay (old condition)
- Red urushi lacquer (old condition)
Here is an antique ji-nashi that I have with me for quite some years but realising that I don’t play it, I prefer it being loved and blown !
Dating from Late Edo or Meiji era (regarding its patina, characteristics and shape of inlay), this ji-nashi shakuhachi has a very nice pure and sweet tone and is well tuned (tempered).
It is made from a thin piece of bamboo thus the embouchure is pretty tight but once you get used to it, it has a good playability up to dai kan. The brown patina is beautiful; It has some tanning marks of former bindings)
Perfect shakuhachi for “Temple repertoire” (Myoan, Itchoken, Kimpu ryu…) and meditative practice.
