Samurai Weapons: Shakuhachi - The Bamboo Flute, The Bamboo Club
The shakuhachi was not originally designed to be a weapon.
It was a bamboo flute that when blown into from one end produced beautiful
and soulful music.
Today, shakuhachi music forms an important part of the Japanese traditional music.
The sound the shakuhachi makes is found to be relaxing and divine by Buddhist monks.
In fact, a sect of Buddhism,
knows as the Fuke, is credited for the current popularity of the shakuhachi as they
favor the use of shakuhachi
music while chanting Buddhist sutras. A form of meditation arises by the focus on breathing that playing the
bamboo flute induces.
During the period marked by the deterioration of the Japanese feudal system,
countless samurai suddenly found themselves jobless and hence without purpose. Many of these
ex-samurai turned toward their inner training and became
roaming
preachers or komuso. These preachers had to abandon the use of the sword as they were
no longer officially warriors.
This became a problem for the individual komuso as various
clans began fighting for supremacy over Japan's political structure. Endangered by the clan wars,
yet unable to protect themselves in the old ways, the komuso had to rely on new tactics.
Since they were already carrying bamboo flutes as part of their religious practice, they turned to
the shakuhachi as a new and acceptable weapon of defense.
They re-designed the shakuhachi, making these musical instruments stronger and bigger. Now
the shakuhachi could also be used
as a club and thus a new weapon was born. A weapon that soon became a part of the
remaining Samurais' arsenal.
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