尺八を吹く虚無僧　Komuso monks play the Shakuhachi

As part of Kaiyuten in Yawata komuso monks wander around the Yawata district and here and there plays the Shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese wind music instrument. What is komuso? A komusō; also romanized komusou or komuso) was a Japanese mendicant monk of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, during the Edo period of ō were characterised by the straw basket (a sedge or reed hood named a tengai) worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific are also known for playing solo pieces