Collections

Single-Maker Collections

Looking for an instant collection? Tube Collective is the only place you'll find entire sets of high-grade shakuhachi by famous makers gathered together. These tubes are generally not for sale individually.

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Shomei

TX1
2000s
Myoan

Maker: Kobayashi Teruaki (Shomei)
Lengths: 2.3 (A)
2.4 (A)
2.4 (Ab)
2.6 (G)
2.8 (F#)
3.0 susudake (F)

Shomei is one of the premier makers currently producing jinashi honkyoku tubes. Each flute is idiosyncratic and allows the bamboo to speak for itself, sometimes in contradiction to expectations. This selection has been carefully curated from his diverse output.

Mugai

TX2
mid-20th Century
Myoan

Maker: Mugai Fukushima

Mugai 2.4 Ab
Mugai 2.3 A
Mugai 2.2. Bb
Mugai 2.1 B
Mugai 1.9 Db
Mugai 1.8 D
Hitoyogiri

Mugai was an enigmatic and remarkable jinashi maker who studied under Watazumi. While these tubes appear rustic, each one plays at a high level musically. Most are made from authentic aged susudake taken from the roofs of historical Japanese homes.

Shiro

TX3
Mid-20th Century
Kinko-ryu

Maker: Yamaguchi Shiro
Lengths: 1.9 jimori
1.8 jimori with ivory utaguchi
1.8 jiari
1.8 jimori

These superb tubes by Yamaguchi Shiro are among the finest examples of his work. He was a great maker and player, but he also stamped tubes made by his workshop. Thus his shakuhachi can range from utter junk to masterpieces. He also had poor quality control at times. Furthermore some of his unstamped ones are better than some the stamped ones!

These are great examples with hanko. TubeCollective® would consider trading one of the 1.8s if something very desirable arose.

Ryuraku

TX4
2010-2020s

Maker: Thomas Ryuraku Hack
Lengths: 2.4 jinashi
Bone hitoyogiri
3.2 jinashi

Ryuraku/Ryugen is a New Jersey based player and maker, educated in the Jin Nyodo and Fuke Myoan traditions.

Gudo

TX5
1990s-2000s

Maker: Ishibashi Gudo
Lengths: 1.8
2.0
2.3
2.4
2.7
2.8

Gudo Ishibashi was a student of Mugai Fukushima. He is a very knowledgeable player, teacher and preeminent collector of antique flutes in Tokyo. He is also a fabulous maker of highly coveted and splendidly crafted jinashi.

Zetsugai

TX6
1970s - 1990s

Maker: Ozawa Seizan (Zetsugai)
Lengths: 1.7
1.75
1.8 (jiari)
1.8
2.0
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1.8 (D)
1.8 (C#/D)
1.8 (C#)
1.9
1.9
2.0
2.2

Ozawa Seizan was a student of the 40th kansu of Myoan-ji, Yoshimura Soshin Fuan. He later become a Rinzai Zen monk, and acted like a 'house maker' for the Fuke Myoan (Taizan-ha) group.

His jinashi reflect a Zen approach to shakuhachi making, allowing each piece of bamboo to reflect its own spirit with an austere & direct tone.