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Ishigaki Seizan

石垣 征山

Ishigaki Seizan
1/6/1951 - 2/1/2002

Shakuhachi

Ishigaki Seizan (Ishigaki Kazuhiro) was born January 6, 1951.
A graduate of Kanazawa University (with a degree in electrical engineering), he studied Tozan-ryū shakuhachi under Yamamoto Hōzan, attaining the rank of Dai-Shihan (grand master) and received the highest recognition possible in the Tozan-ryū with the title Chikurin-ken.
He was a member of the Jun-Shihan (associate instructor) examination committee multiple times, a frequent lecturer, honored teacher, and award-winning performer, first winning the Gold prize in the Tozan-ryū Honkyoku competition in 1976, followed by 1st place in 1982,1987, and 1991
He also won the Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival Award and 3rd place in the 1978 Composition Competition.
He was chosen as a cultural ambassador, performing concerts in Holland, the U.S.A., the former Soviet Union, North Europe, the Middle East, Spain and South East Asia.
A prolific recording artist, his performances span all genres, from the traditional to the most contemporary.

Also Known As 石垣 一博 (Ishigaki Kazuhiro)
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Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Aioi no Uta 相生の詩 08'28 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 Shakuhachi
Aki no Gensokyoku 秋の幻想曲 Koto and Shakuhachi Duo Shakuhachi
American Patrol 03'20 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Aranjuez Mon Amour 04'16 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 01'33 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 00'33 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 02'09 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 00'41 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 05'05 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 00'39 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 01'05 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Asa Kaze 朝風 11'27 Kangetsu (Disk 2) Shakuhachi
Ban Ka 晩夏 10'52 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 4 Shakuhachi
Banka 晚夏 10'56 Yuzuriiha Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Daiichigakushō 長城の賦 第一楽章 06'04 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Dainigakushō 長城の賦 第二楽章 03'24 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Chōjō no Fu - Daisangakushō 長城の賦 第三楽章 04'59 Challenging Eternity Disk 07 Shakuhachi
Hana (Sawai) Koto and Shakuhachi Duo Shakuhachi
Haru no Gotoku 春の如く Koto and Shakuhachi Duo Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 00'19 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 01'42 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 00'40 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 01'24 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 03'10 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 01'19 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 02'36 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 01'34 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Haru no Hikari 春の光 01'27 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Haru no Umi Gensō 春の海幻想 14'04 Anthology of Modern Koto Music 3 Shakuhachi
In The Mood 03'17 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 00'45 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'00 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'25 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'01 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 00'52 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 00'45 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'07 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'05 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'14 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 00'34 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 03'50 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 02'13 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 01'41 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Iwashimizu 岩清水 00'46 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Iwashimizu 岩清水 17'09 Famous Tozan Ryu Pieces Shakuhachi
Jogen no Kyoku 上弦の曲 Koto and Shakuhachi Duo Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 01'48 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 01'25 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'24 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'51 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 03'31 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'46 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'54 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 01'11 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 01'50 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'59 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 01'12 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'42 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 00'44 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kangetsu 寒月 16'25 Kangetsu Shakuhachi
Play Button Kanginuta 寒砧 03'03 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kanginuta 寒砧 03'02 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Kanginuta 寒砧 02'52 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Kaze no Uta (Sawai) 風の歌 Koto and Shakuhachi Duo Shakuhachi
Play Button Kojo no Tsuki (Tozan) 湖上の月 08'57 Kangetsu Shakuhachi
Little Brown Jug 03'23 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button Maboroshi no Kuni まぼろしの国 11'36 Challenging Eternity Disk 05 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 00'56 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 04'55 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 01'03 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 01'31 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 01'28 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 01'49 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Play Button Momiji 紅葉 02'49 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 01 Shakuhachi
Moonlight Serenade 02'28 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Okayasu Ginuta 岡康砧 13'08 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 11 (三曲合奏大全集11) Shakuhachi
Parker's Mood 03'39 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Rainbow - Shakuhachi Duo No. 6 尺八二重奏曲 第六番 「虹」 10'11 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 2 Shakuhachi
Play Button Renshu Kyoku Dai Niban 練習曲 第二番 02'47 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Renshu Kyoku Dai Niban 練習曲 第二番 04'15 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 1 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」1 12'00 Hōzan Yamamoto's Music Vol. 5 Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 1 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」1 07'39 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 Shakuhachi
Ryō for Five Shakuhachi Players 2 五人の尺八奏者のための「涼」2 05'22 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 3 Shakuhachi
Shadow of Your Smile, The 03'39 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Nijusokyoku Dai Shiban 1st Movement 尺八二重奏曲 第四番 1st Movement 02'00 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Nijusokyoku Dai Shiban 2nd Movement 尺八二重奏曲 第四番 2nd Movement 02'49 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Nijusokyoku Dai Shiban 3rd Movement 尺八二重奏曲 第四番 3rd Movement 03'00 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Shihō no Umi 四方の海 13'46 Nakashima Utashito Meisaku Senshū Shakuhachi
Sokkyō Gensōkyoku 即興幻想曲 12'44 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 26 (続三曲合奏大全集26) Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 02'39 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 00'54 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 03'12 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 02'44 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 01'17 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 00'51 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 00'44 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 03'44 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Sonare Matsu 磯馴松 01'45 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Summertime 03'45 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Take no Gunzō 竹の群像 13'28 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Take no Shiki - Natsu 竹の四季より 夏 09'46 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 1 Shakuhachi
Take the "A" Train 02'43 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Takesaisai 「竹彩々」 13'38 Works of Hozan Yamamoto 5 Shakuhachi
Tōgen - Concerto No. 17 for Chinese 21-string Koto 中国二十一弦箏のための協奏曲第17番 「桃源」 24'56 Togen; Yuize Shinichi Saku Hin Shu Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 06'19 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 03'10 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 03'17 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 01'56 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 03'32 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 02'16 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Tsuru no Sugomori (Tozan) 鶴の巣籠 20'12 Tozan Ryu Shakuhachi Honkyoku Shusei - Vol 1 Shakuhachi
Tuxedo Junction 03'32 The Shakuhachi - Digital Transcendence Sound Shakuhachi
Play Button Yachio 八千代 04'07 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yachio 八千代 01'36 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yachio 八千代 01'54 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 02 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yuzuki 夕月 04'07 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Yuzuki 夕月 07'00 Collection of Fundamental Tozan Ryu Honkyoku - 03 Shakuhachi
Play Button Zuisei 瑞星 13'07 Challenging Eternity Disk 11 Shakuhachi

Composed or Arranged

Shakuhachi Compositions
Title Kanji Year Alternate Title
Mizûmi no Oshoku
1977

To
1977

Hisho 飛翔
1978

Kiyukyoku 嬉遊曲
1978
Divertimento for koto and shakuhachi
Tône 遠音
1978

Risshu 立秋
1979

Chikkyo 竹響
1980

Hokuriku Sanka 北陸讃歌
1980

Muretake 群竹
1980

Saiun 彩雲
1980

Ishiyakushi 石薬師
1981

Onshin 音心
1981

Jukai 樹海
1982

Kan no Aya 管の彩
1982

To Niban 祷二番
1983

Kaze no Iro 風の色
1984

Fuka Midori 深みどり
1985

Kaze Kikigusa 風聞草
1985

Enrai Yori 遠雷より
1986

Shunpurai 春風籟
1986

Tsuibosho 追慕頌
1986

Yoen 遥遠
1986

Yoju 陽樹
1986

Chikurin Gunsei 竹林群声
1987

Gensei Ichibo 原生一望
1987

Hayatsuki no Seiryu 早月の清流
1987

Ikaruga no Haru 斑鳩の春
1987

San
1987

Suna no Hama De 砂の浜で
1987

Toyama - Fuyu Soshite Haru 富山~冬そして春~
1987

Kita E 北へ
1988

Odoru 躍る
1988

Tsurugi Genso 剣幻想
1988

Hakusan 白山
1989

Kaze Asobi 風あそび
1989

Gokogosai
1991

Kagayaku 輝く
1991

Yuso 悠想
1991

Yume Man'yo 夢万葉
1992