Japanese Zen Music for Sleep | Fox Fire in the Dark, Koto & Shakuhachi | KYOGEN — 狂言 | 3 Hours

3 hours of Japanese Zen music for sleep | Koto and shakuhachi ambient with fox fire in a dark cedar grove. Play it through the night — the screen stays dark. 🎋 Waon An – The Wandering Monk Series / The Path of Yūgen: Kyogen (3-hour version) Koto, shakuhachi and sho, with the low breath of a nohkan flute. Kyogen and Noh together form Nōgaku, performed on the same stage. In 2008 Nōgaku was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Kyogen actors say their training "begins with the monkey and ends with the fox." A child first appears on stage as the little monkey in Utsubozaru, and an actor is recognised as fully trained only after performing Tsurigitsune — "Fox Trapping" — in which an old fox disguises himself as Hakuzōsu, a monk and the hunter's uncle, to persuade the hunter to stop trapping foxes. Kitsunebi, "fox fire," is the name for strange lights seen in the fields and hills on dark nights. In Edo it was said that on New Year's Eve the foxes of the eight Kantō provinces gathered beneath a great hackberry tree near Ōji Inari Shrine and lit their fires; Hiroshige painted the scene in his One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Kitsunebi is also the title of a piece in the jiuta repertoire. A moonless night. The stage deep in the cedar grove is empty now. At the far end of the bridgeway sits a single fox. Far off among the trees, a line of fox fire slowly brightens, then fades again. Once a fox took the form of a monk. Tonight, a monk watches the foxes' lights. He bows quietly, and returns to the dark. Three hours, and the lights do not go out. Let them carry you into deep sleep. ▶ Long-form playlist:    • 3+ Hours Japanese Zen Shakuhachi & Koto – ...   ▶ Chapter VI – The Path of Yūgen:    • 第六章「幽玄の道」舞台芸能｜旅する僧侶シリーズ｜和風 睡眠用BGM 琴と尺八   ※ This is an unofficial, original work created with AI tools. It is not affiliated with any theatre, shrine or organization. #JapaneseZenMusic #SleepMusic #DeepSleep #Shakuhachi #Koto #Kyogen #MeditationMusic #ZenAmbient #WaonAn