虚鐸

KYOTAKU

虚鐸（きょたく）は、日本の中世に生まれた虚無僧尺八の伝統をもとに、西村虚空が禅的瞑想に特化して完成させた特別な長尺の尺八である。深く研ぎ澄まされた低音は、沈黙や「間」までも表現し、聴く者の意識を今この瞬間へと導く。わびさびや仏教的心理に根差した禅の響きは、現代人の心に深い気づきと精神の広がりをもたらすだろう。

The Kyotaku is a special long shakuhachi, developed by Kokū Nishimura based on the komusō shakuhachi tradition that emerged in medieval Japan. Its deep, refined tones capture even silence and ma (the space between sounds), guiding the listener's awareness into the present moment. Rooted in the aesthetics of wabi-sabi and Buddhist psychology, its meditative sound offers modern audiences profound insight and spiritual expansion.

虚無僧と虚無僧尺八

ZEN Monk/Komusō and Komusō Shakuhachi

虚無僧とは、鎌倉時代（1254年頃）に伝わった禅宗・普化宗の僧で、深編笠をかぶり、尺八を吹きながら諸国を行脚する“吹禅”の修行者である。

やがて明治維新の波の中で、江戸時代に制度化されていた虚無僧の仕組みは廃止されたが、その音と精神は絶えることなく、静かに受け継がれてきた。

A komusō was a monk of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism, introduced to Japan in the Kamakura period(1254). Wearing a deep woven basket hat, they practiced suizen—a form of meditation through shakuhachi playing—while traveling from place to place.

Although the formal system of the komusō, institutionalized during the Edo period, was abolished in the wake of the Meiji Restoration, their sound and spirit have never faded, and continue to be quietly passed down to this day.