横山勝也 Katsuya Yokoyama - 虚空 Ko-kû (1976)

半夜三點聽這個，很妖魅的感覺，像是要從你內心勾出一些什麼黑暗的獨白。尤其是轉音有點走調後的空白小節。

不只是水墨畫的留白精采，尺八演奏的留白也很精采。

“不着一字，尽得风流”

I listen this piece of music at 3am in the morning. It sounds ghostly and tickles your deepest spirit of the dark, especially the empty bars after the inflexion of notes.

The emptiness of ink printing and shakuhachi is a profound language not easily be understood.

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就知名度而言,横山勝也大概是日本尺八史上最具國際知名度的一位尺八演奏家。 除了他的演奏實力，及所代表的流派音樂旋律較容易為西方人士接受外，日本知名作曲家武満徹專為尺八編寫的交響曲，由日本最具知名度的指揮家小沢征爾指揮演出，1967年指定由 横山勝也主奏的“November step”為其名揚國際的主因之一
轉載自尺八學習 : 分享與心得!!網站
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/shakuhachi-taiwan/article?mid=325&next=72&l=a&fid=5

尺八是日本的一种傳統木管乐器，由中國唐朝時傳入。尺八是竖吹的樂器，以其长度一尺八寸（約55公分）得名。中国古代民族乐器也有“尺八”这种乐器，但是现在已经非常罕见。而闽南的南音，使用的则是一种外形与尺八颇为相似的乐器
轉載自維基百科
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BA%E5%85%AB

Katsuya Yokoyama (横山勝也 Yokoyama Katsuya?, born in Shizuoka, Japan, 1934 - 21 April 2010) was an internationally renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional vertical bamboo flute of Japan.
extracted from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuya_Yokoyama

The shakuhachi (尺八?, pronounced [ɕakɯhatɕi]) is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen (吹禅?, blowing meditation). Its soulful sound made it popular in 1980s pop music in the English-speaking world.
extracted from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi