Yellow Bell Cutting

...The fact that it had become common around the 16th century is also known from a short song such as "Shakuhachi no hito yokiri koso ne mo yokere, kimi to hito yo (one night) ha ne mo sananu (not enough sleep)." In the old days, there were various lengths and lengths according to the twelve rhythms, and they were called Ichikotsugiri (one-tone cut) and Hiyojyogiri (flat cut) according to the tube tone, but after the second half of the 16th century when the Soza school of art was established, Oushikigiri (tube tone is Oushiki ≒ 1 point I tone. Tube length is about 34 cm) became the standard. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Houzhongkiri" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…16世紀ころに一般化していたことは，〈尺八のひとよきりこそね(音)もよけれ，君とひとよ(一夜)はね(寝)も足らぬ〉などという小歌によっても知られる。　古くは十二律に合わせた長短各種があり，筒音により壱越切（いちこつぎり），平調切（ひようぢようぎり）などと呼び分けられたが，宗左流という芸系が興った16世紀後半以後は黄鐘切（おうしきぎり）(筒音は黄鐘≒1点イ音。管長約34cm)が標準となった。…

※「黄鐘切」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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