Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

A found a recent article in the Winter 2009 edition of "Flutist Quarterly" that serves as a really good introduction to the aesthetics of Japanese (shakuhachi) music and compares it to western music: "Cross-Cultural Music: Japanese Flutes and their Influence on Western Flute Music", by Akiko Shimada.  It should be available via Academic Search Premier from your public library.

Best,

Michael