History (Sugawara Kuniyoshi):

Kaei appears on the following albums

	Album	Artist
	Masters of Zen - Ugetsufu	Koto : Izumiyama Shoko Shakuhachi : Sugawara Kuniyoshi
Hoki was encouraged to write this, his second work for traditional Japanese instruments, by his friends Kuniyoshi Sugawara and his wife Shoko Izumiyama. It was premiered by the pair in Sapporo in 1985. The form is a variation etude which blends Japanese and Western styles. It is based on the duplicity of the seen and the unseen sorrows of human beings, and while one persistent motif is unceasingly repeated, anguish and joy appear in various forms. The title has no specific meaning, rather it is just one way of trying to grasp the meaning of the music.
	Ugetsufu	Shakuhachi : Sugawara Kuniyoshi
Hoki was encouraged to write this, his second work for traditional Japanese instruments, by his friends Kuniyoshi Sugawara and his wife Shoko Izumiyama. It was premiered by the pair in Sapporo in 1985. The form is a variation etude which blends Japanese and Western styles. It is based on the duplicity of the seen and unseen sorrows of human beings, and while one persistent motif is unceasingly repeated, anguish and joy appear in various forms. The title has no specific meaning, rather it is just one way of trying to grasp the meaning of the music. Makoto Hoki was born in 1951. He began his career as a composer of music in the Western style, but in recent years he has also written for traditional instruments. He is currently teaching music at a university in Sapporo and is a member of the Japanese Composers Society.