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#1 2005-12-09 19:35:00

Yu-Jin
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From: San Diego
Registered: 2005-11-30
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The meaning of "Kinko"

Hi everybody,
I was just wondering does the word Kinko have any meaning (I know it was a name)?

And how to write it in Kanji?

Thank you,
Eugene

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#2 2005-12-09 21:53:08

edosan
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Re: The meaning of "Kinko"

Yu-Jin wrote:

Hi everybody,
I was just wondering does the word Kinko have any meaning (I know it was a name)?

'Kinko' comes from the name of Kurosawa Kinko I (1710-1771), founder of the Kinko-ryu (school) in the late 18th century. Kinko-ryu honkyoku were developed by Kurosawa Kinko, who collected individual honkyoku from many parts of Japan and then adapted them to his own style of playing. These were later changed and codified by his students to become the 36 official "Kinko honkyoku."

For more, see http://www.komuso.com/people/Kurosawa_Kinko_I.html
and               http://www.komuso.com/lineage.html
and               http://www.komuso.com/schools/

eB (with apologies to the pros...)


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#3 2005-12-12 10:58:34

Larry Tyrrell
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Re: The meaning of "Kinko"

Hello,

About the Kanji, the KIN is the older, nowadays less used character for Koto (yes, the instrument) and the KO is the character for 'old' (furui).
Since it's a name the meanings of the individual characters might not matter, although someone with a deeper knowledge of the history
of Kinko-ryu might have some further background on this.

Larry

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#4 2005-12-12 12:06:11

Yu-Jin
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Re: The meaning of "Kinko"

Thank you edosan  and Larry
E.

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#5 2005-12-13 09:41:26

Tairaku 太楽
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Re: The meaning of "Kinko"

Although he has it mistitled here this is a nice article about the origin of the Kinko honkyoku. In general John's site is a good source of information about Kinko and Kinpu Ryu and vintage shakuhachi.

http://www.zenflute.com/kinko.html


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