Stan Kakudo Richardson is a shakuhachi teacher, performer and recording artist living in Dallas , Texas. He is Headmaster of Mujuan Texas, a branch of Mujuan Shakuhachi school in Kyoto. Originally from England, Kakudo has studied shakuhachi for almost 50 years. His main teachers were Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin and Yodo Kurahashi, from whom he received his teachers license. Kakudo’s main focus is the teaching and practice of Honkyoku, or original pieces from both the Kinko School and from the lineage of Jin Yodo  Most of these pieces originated in Zen tradition and so are influenced greatly by the aesthetic of meditation. Kakudo has performed and taught shakuhachi worldwide and has participated in almost every World Shakuhachi Festival since the first one In Boulder CO . He has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Texas Wind Symphony, The Turtle Creek Chorale and at many prestigious venues including the Smithsonian in Washington. He has recorded with many artists and has also released two solo albums ‘Shakuhachi Meditation Music’, and ‘Moon on the Water’ both on the Sounds True Records. ‘Mujuan Texas’ represents a solid footprint of the shakuhachi tradition in the lone star state and is a 2nd home for great Master Yodo Kurahashi who has been visiting and teaching in Texas for over 25 years.