Jiten

Jiten

Date Composed: 2018
Composer: Aki Takahashi
Premiere Performance: Saturday, November 24, 2018

This composition is based on the story of Yamagami Soju (1973-1957), one of the most respected tea ceremony masters of this generation. As a young man, however, he once came across merchandise that was still very exotic in Japan during the Meiji period.  choreography by Yuichiro Inoue