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July 13, 2007
Jinashi 1.8 Japanese Madake.
Here is a new Jinashi 1.8 recently finished from a piece of Japanese Madake that was very old. Difficult to say how old as it came through Kinya from an family who picked Shakuhachi in Kyoto for generations.
I intended to make a modern 2 piece 1.8 or 2.0 but there was a hair line crack on the back of the top so I decided to make a one piece, nobekan, flute. This turns out to be one of the best jinashi 1.8s I've made to date.
I decided not to do an inlay. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because I feel this flute is a natural singer and belongs to no ryu.
Just bindings and a thin wash of shuai (translucent) urushi lacquer.
Sound file coming soon.
Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at July 13, 2007 02:29 PM