Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi Shihan (Chikumeisha)<\/p>\n
MA in Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku)<\/p>\n
PhD in Japanology (Stockholm University)<\/p>\n
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Gunnar Jinmei Linder began studying shakuhachi in Japan in 1985 under the guidance of Yamaguchi Gor\u014d (1933\u201399), leader of the guild Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi Chikumeisha and named a Living National Treasure in 1992. In 1993 he received a scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) to study shakuhachi at the Conservatory of Traditional Music at Tokyo National University of the Arts. He obtained a master’s degree as a soloist in 1997 and was awarded the traditional master title, shihan, and the name Jinmei from Yamaguchi Gor\u014d the following year. In 2012, Linder earned his PhD in Japanese studies from Stockholm University with the dissertation Deconstructing Tradition in Japanese Music: A Study of Shakuhachi, Historical Authenticity and Transmission of Tradition, which focused on pre-modern performing arts, particularly music from the 17th to the 19th century.<\/p>\n
Gunnar Jinmei Linder worked professionally as a performer and shakuhachi teacher in Japan for 20 years before returning to Sweden. He now performs and teaches throughout Europe, with regular performances and. He is also Associate Professor in Japanese language and culture at Stockholm University, where his research focuses on pre-modern performing arts, particularly music from the 17th to the 19th century. He is currently the deputy head of department at his home institution. In addition to his work at Stockholm University, Linder is also a part-time Associate Professor in shakuhachi at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Linder was awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for his cultural and academic activities promoting Japanese culture. He has published an instructional DVD in collaboration with Bruce Huebner in 1999. He has also released two of his own CDs (WA \u2013 Dream Picture in 2000 and WA \u2013 Giny\u016b in 2001), as well as a book on how to play the fundamental solo pieces (honkyoku) within the Kinko-ry\u016b school, Notes on Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi Honkyoku (2011), including three CDs. He is presently working on volume 2 (preliminary published by Stockholm University Press in 2024), collaborating with a colleague on a book project about song lyrics from Japanese art music from the 18th and 19th centuries (preliminary to be published by Routledge in 2023), and collaborating with another colleague on an academic anthology focused on shakuhachi (preliminary to be released from Routledge in 2024).<\/p>\n
ISFP 2025 SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ikky\u016b, the Buddhist monk-poet, and the thin layer between \u201cpopular\u201d and \u201cspiritual\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n This talk focuses on Ikky\u016b S\u014djun (13\u201314), a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk who wrote many poems centering around his religious views, and his views on life in general. I believe that he lived within the thin layer that constitutes the border between \u201cflamboyance\u201d and \u201cascetic spirituality\u201d. I will indicate how he \u2013 in his poetry \u2013 finds ground for breaking down the thick wall between the material world and the spiritual one within the realm of Rinzai Zen. Ikky\u016b was \u2013 most likely \u2013 also a practitioner of shakuhachi, and I will use some of his poems centering around the shakuhachi to show how he connects the emotional side of life with the world of religious belief and conviction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi Shihan (Chikumeisha) MA in Kinko-ry\u016b Shakuhachi (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku) PhD in Japanology (Stockholm University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[16,17,38,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/2131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isfp.cz\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}