Wandering musicians were known at first as komosō (薦僧; literally "straw-mat monks"). By the mid-17th century, different characters were used for the same pronunciation, resulting in komusō as Komusō (虚無僧) (also romanized komusou or komuso), "priest of …

2017年11月3日 · Instantly recognizable (and simultaneously unrecognizable) thanks to the woven baskets that they wear over their heads and the long flutes that protrude from beneath them, these Buddhist monks were...

The shakuhachi-playing mendicant monks called komusō occupy a meaningful part of shakuhachi tradition, and their meditative songs, (honkyoku), and the shakuhachi 's connection to Zen Buddhism are access points for many people intrigued …

2024年1月2日 · The Komuso monks, known as “monks of nothingness,” are monks who started off making a living by accepting alms in ancient Japan who belonged to the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

2023年8月10日 · Few images are more distinctive than the iconic silhouette of the komuso monk. These mendicant monks traveled across Japan in the Edo period, begging for alms and observing the land. Their uniform consisted of a kimono, a woven basket worn over the head, and a traditional bamboo flute called a shakuhachi.

Komuso were monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism who did not shave their heads in the traditional monk fashion and, co-existed as monks in the day to day lay world.

2014年9月18日 · The komusō (虚無僧) were a popular group of monks who relied mainly on charity or begging to survive during the Edo period (1603–1868). They were from the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism. Fuke Zen arrived in Japan in the 13th century and was derived from the teachings of Linji Yixuan, a Zen preacher from China during the 9th century.

"Komuso" monks (written "monks of nothingness") were mendicant monks in ancient Japan who used the shakuhachi as a religious tool. Specifically, they belonged to the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism. Komuso monks were itinerant, wandering the country and begging for alms as they played shakuhachi honkyoku.

A komusō, was a Japanese begging monk of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, during the Edo period of 1600-1868. Komusō were characterised by the straw basket (a sedge or reed hood named a tengai ) worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego.

2021年3月19日 · The komusō, also occasionally interpreted as “monks of emptiness” or something similar, came to prominence across the 17th century Japan, and formed a new category of itinerant monks, of the Fuke sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism.