MIURA Ryuho
Tokyo, Japan
Born in Akita City, 1952, MIURA studied Kinko Ryū shakuhachi under OHSE Shoun. After his shifts while working at Nihon Gakki (now known as Yamaha), he studied under YOKOYAMA Ranpo in Shimizu and YOKOYAMA Katsuya in Tokyo. He then returned to Akita City, where he established his own shakuhachi teaching studio and began performing as well. After seven years, he got married and moved to Tokyo. There he concentrated mainly on making shakuhachi and studying to improve his methods, and also began assisting YOKOYAMA Katsuya in making shakuhachi. During that period he held residences both in Tokyo and Akita (Noshiro), where he began teaching students both to play and make shakuhachi, as he still does today.
A few years ago MIURA also re-joined the Akita Sankyoku League, where he works to study and promote shakuhachi music as the head of the Training Division. He is also on the board of directors for the Akita Sankyoku League, and a part-time instructor at Hirosaki University’s Education department.
Photo by Thorsten Knaub