Born in Tôkyô in 1937, he is the actual successor of the Great school of Fuke Shakuhachi.  

It is after reading the novel of Nakasato Kaizan "Daibosatsu-tôge" that he is interested in Shakuhachi.

At first he studies the Shakuhachi of Kinko-ryû Araki-ha school with Master Kimura Yûsai, and modern Shakuhachi with Master Horii Kojirô before becoming in 1960 the pupil of the Grand Master Takahashi Kûzan of the Fuke School  to follow his teaching during 26 years until his death in 1986. The last and only disciple of the very strict Kûzan at the end of his life, he charged him to continue the transmission of the tradition of orthodox Shakuhachi of the Fuke school.

Uncontested Master of traditional and orthodox Shakuhachi, he is also one of the most eminent player of Shinobue flute (Japanese transverse flute), Iwabue (stone flute), Chinese and Korean vertical and transverse flutes, ocarina, and Didjeridoo.  

Apart from Shakuhachi, he continues his research in fields as various as Gagaku (music of Japanese court), Shômyô (sacred Buddhist songs), the Matsuribayashi (music of the Japanese popular festivals), etc…

Besides his appearances in television broadcasts, educational films, and various recitals in Japan and abroad, he endeavors himself to transmit his inheritance, and to make known the essence of Fuke Shakuhachi to the public.  

1 Reibo　鈴慕

2 Kuyô　供養

3 Takiochi　瀧落

4 Jiang He Shui　江河水

5 Sange　懺悔

6 Yazagin　夜座吟

7 Baishajyaguru　薬師如来

8 Kômyô　光明

9 Suzuru　巣鶴

10 Reibo Nagashi　鈴慕流

1 Sankie　三帰依

2 Kokû　虚空

3 Ekô　回向

4 Shidzu　シヅ

5 Yôkan-sanjô　陽関三畳

6 Awa-Reibo　阿波鈴慕?

7 Reihô　鈴法

8 Sagari-ha　下がり葉

9 Izayoi　十六夜

10 Akita Sugagaki　秋田清掻

11 Miyagino-Sugagaki　宮城清掻

12 Mukai　霧海?