shakuhachi

{{musical instruments}} A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute, originally used by Zen Buddhist Monks of the {{term|???|||tr=????, fuke zen|sc=Jpan|lang=ja}} sect in the practice of {{term|??||blowing meditation|tr=????, suizen|lang=ja|sc=Jpan}}.