komusō
Sign in to savethumb|right|A komusō (monk of the Fuke sect) wearing a basket hat (天蓋 tengai or tengui) and playing the shakuhachi, as depicted by J. M. W. Silver thumb|right|The entrance to Myōan-ji temple in Kyoto. Myōan-ji, a subsidiary of [[Tōfuku-ji, was the head temple of the Fuke sect, founded by the komusō Kyochiku Zenji.]]
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- Etymology
- History
- ''Boro'' and ''komosō'' (14th–16th century)
- Institutionalization and privileges (17th century)
- Oldest documented {{transliteration|ja|honkyoku}} (1664)
- The ''Kyotaku denki'' and the ''Fuke-shū'' (18th–19th century)
- Codification, laicization, spiritualization and decline (18th–19th century)
- Kurosawa Kinko (1710–1771)
- Hisamatsu Masagoro Fuyo (1790–1845)
- Abolishment (1871)
- Secular popularisation (19th–20th century)
- Survival of the ''shakuhachi''-tradition
- Present-day schools
- Contemporary ''komusō''
- Characteristics of the ''komusō''
- Flute
- <span class="anchor" id="Suizen"></span>''Suizen''
- Disguise and outfit
- <span class="anchor" id="Honkyoku"></span>Honkyoku
- Kinko Ryū Repertory
- Complete recordings
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|A komusō (monk of the Fuke sect) wearing a basket hat (天蓋 tengai or tengui) and playing the shakuhachi, as depicted by J. M. W. Silver thumb|right|The entrance to Myōan-ji temple in Kyoto. Myōan-ji, a subsidiary of [[Tōfuku-ji, was the head temple of the Fuke sect, founded by the komusō Kyochiku Zenji.]]
The ("priest of nothingness" or "monk of emptiness") were wandering non-monastic lay Buddhists from the warrior-class (samurai and rōnin) who were noted for wearing straw basket hats called tengai and playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute, nowadays called . During the Edo period (1600–1868) they obtained various rights and privileges from the bakufu, the ruling elite.