page_title: Shakuhachi
hierarchical_section_title: Shakuhachi
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 尺八の前面（左）と背面（右）。前面には4つ、背面には1つ穴がある English: A shakuhachi (尺八), a Japanese bamboo flute, blowing edge up. * Left - top view, four holes. * Right - bottom view, fifth hole. עברית: עורך את שאקוהאצ'י Nederlands: Een shakuhachi, blaaskant boven. * Links - voorkant, vier gaatjes. * Rechts - achterkant, één gaatje.
context_page_description: The shakuhachi is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo.
  It was originally introduced from China into Japan in the 7th century and reached its peak in the Edo period. The oldest shakuhachi in Japan is currently stored in Shōsō-in, Nara. The shakuhachi introduced into Japan changed its form and scale many times after that, and the present shakuhachi was completed in the Edo period in the 17th century. The shakuhachi is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke Zen of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen.
  The instrument is tuned to the minor pentatonic scale.
context_section_description: The shakuhachi (Japanese: 尺八、しゃくはち, [ˌʃakʊˈhatʃi]) (Chinese: 尺八; pinyin: chǐbā) is a Japanese and ancient Chinese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo.
  It was originally introduced from China into Japan in the 7th century and reached its peak in the Edo period (17th–18th century). The oldest shakuhachi in Japan is currently stored in Shōsō-in, Nara. The shakuhachi introduced into Japan changed its form and scale many times after that, and the present shakuhachi was completed in the Edo period in the 17th century. The shakuhachi is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke Zen of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen (吹禅, blowing meditation).
  The instrument is tuned to the minor pentatonic scale.
caption: A Tozan school shakuhachi flute, blowing edge up.
  Left: top view, four holes.
  Right: bottom view, fifth hole.
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