Yuya
Tomimoto Sakurananamoto
Beautiful flowers throughout the year with Koto
The 14th Senga Yamaki recital （enjoy flowers throughout the year with Koto） incorporated several new paintings by Japanese style artist Hakuzan Yanase. The paintings, inspired by three pieces of music from the program – “Shikino kyoku,” “Tomimoto Sakurananamoto,” and “Kumano” – were displayed around the venue entrance, the lobby, and on stage. The artist produced several paintings for each of the three pieces of music. Organizers hoped the recital would offer both a visual and an auditory treat by concurrently offering traditional Japanese music and Japanese-style paintings.
Senga Yamaki
Senga Yamaki was born in July 1977 in Tokyo as the seventh-generation eldest daughter of Senga Yamaki theⅥ, iemoto of the Yamaki faction of the Yamada school of Koto dating back to the Edo period. She assumed the name seventh generation Senga Yamaki at the National Theatre of Japan in 2018. She also puts her efforts into training the next generation; for example, organizing a traditional culture and performance experience program for kids and parent-child participants which focused on the Koto (Japanese harp), a program implemented under a Traditional Arts Practice Grant from Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture). She is currently Chairperson of Yamaki Kai, Director of the Japan Sankyoku Association, Director of the Yamada Style Koto Association, and a part-time lecturer at Kyoto University of the Arts.
Kioi Hall, Minato City, Tokyo
