Overview
Following last year, I was in charge of performance and artistic direction at the high-society event “CANNES GALA”, a joint initiative with Marché du Film and CANNES NEXT.
This year featured a crossover performance of Ikebana and Noh. Together with Shonosuke Okura, Ōkura-ryū ōtsuzumi (drum) master, and Kazuma Yamanaka, Noh actor of the Komparu school, we presented Genji Monogatari – Yugao.
For this performance, Yugao was specially revived, and I arranged flowers improvisationally on the kagami-ita (back panel of the Noh stage) using a real pine tree, making it a unique production just for this evening.
Engaging in such overseas activities not only allows me to reaffirm my own position, but also to directly feel the profound depth that I believe is the true uniqueness of Japanese culture.
Always with Respect, and striving to Go Beyond,I will keep pushing forward on the world stage
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Ikebana ArtistRyota Hagiwara［ Kaizen ]
In 2016, he started his career as a flower arranger (pen name; Kaisen). He believes that “to arrange flowers is to mourn them”, and while searching for the meaning of this concept, he aspires to create flower arrangements that please the flowers themselves and remain in people’s memories. He has created powerful works full of life force and dynamic live performances at temples, shrines, and other places throughout Japan. While traveling around Japan and abroad, he continues to create works that “make the land happy” by mixing the people, nature, and culture of the land. In 2021, he will open an alternative space in Ryogoku, Tokyo, called “Hanayorozu Kaizen”, where he will collaborate with artists from various genres to create unique works and events. In 2021, he will open an alternative space “Hanayorozu Kaizen” in Ryogoku, Tokyo, where he will continue to pursue his original “flower arrangement” in various ways, including the creation of works and events in collaboration with artists of various genres.