Artist Profile
MUNNAKAReal name, hohtai mitsui
The Temple Myotaiji in District, Fukui Prefecture, is one of the Seven Lucky Gods temples.
As a monk, I engage daily in temple life, dealing with many people's deaths, memorial services, and prayers for the deceased. Through these activities, I offer consultations and sermons, often dealing with sorrow and worries. In my search for something more I could do, I focused on Kenji Miyazawa's "Ame ni mo Makezu" (Be Not Defeated by the Rain).
The beautiful poetry, which clearly expresses the heart of Buddhism, deeply moved me. This way of life resonated with my previous musical activities before becoming a monk.
Reflecting on history, I felt a daily contradiction: ideologies and religions, which should have been born to empathize with people's hearts, often develop into imposition and conflict due to differences in thinking and feeling.
"Religion" exists in every cultural sphere, but "music" is also deeply rooted in all cultures around the world.
Unlike religious conflicts, while people have preferences for different music genres, I have never met anyone who dislikes music itself, which gives me great hope.
I firmly believe that thoughts and emotions that cannot be conveyed through difficult expressions or words can be communicated through "sound" and "music," transcending all kinds of discrimination.
The power of music, which transcends words, borders, and all racial differences, brings us a great circle, and I am convinced that this circle connects to the "circle of Peace" (harmony) of peace.
While performing my temple duties, I am also active throughout Fukui Prefecture.
My recording partner, Ikke, is a friend from elementary school and an early member of my band when we were seriously active in Tokyo.
While singing the band's songs with just an acoustic guitar and performing at open mics and acoustic live shows for the first time in 16 years, I was asked by a radio personality to create a band recording for use as the ending theme for a radio show.
I then reached out to my old friend Ikke, and we began creating acoustic rock recordings, leading to where we are now.
In live performances, my goal is to see how much I can express with just one acoustic guitar.
Genre: Acoustic&RockActive Area: In japan, FUKUI,ISHIKAWA,TOYAMA
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MUNNAKARole: vocal&guitar&bass&all music&lyric&arrangement
ikkeRole: drums&guitar&arrangement
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