Founded by visual artist Maki Takagi,otografia explores the subtle textures and sensations that emerge when music becomes light, form, and movement.Each photograph, film, and design is shaped by musical inspiration—not as documentation, but as a visual extension of sound itself.This site presents selected works born from that dialogue.

The Tradition of Kshana

菊地秀夫 Hideo Kikuchi

刹那の慣習 | The Tradition of Kshana
2021.1.18
ZIP-0064 →SOUND

菊地秀夫 Hideo Kikuchi: clarinet and bass clarinet
佐藤紀雄 Norio Sato: guitar with e-bow (6)
大宅さおり Saori Oya: piano (2)
花田和加子 Wakako Hanada: viola (5)

1. 刹那の慣習I/星谷丈生
The Tradition of Kshana I(2017)
for solo clarinet
clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
composer:Takeo Hoshiya

2. からむしの部屋/川島素晴
KARAMUSHI’s Room(2018)
for clarinet and piano
clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
piano:Saori Oya
composer:Motoharu Kawashima

3. トリックスター・ウェウェコヨトル/中川統雄
Trickster Huehuecoyotl(2018)
for solo clarinet
clarinet and bass clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
composer:Norio Nakagawa

4. 錯綜する階/浅井暁子
The Entangled Stairways (2018)
for solo clarinet and pre-recorded clarinet
clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
composer:Akiko Asai

5. 古原の草/张旭鲲
Wild Grass in The Wind(2013)
for solo clarinet and viola
clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
viola: Wakako Hanada
composer:Xukun Zhang

6. 空中ブランコの閑/渡辺裕紀子
Trapeze’s Waiting(2018)
for clarinet and steel guitar with e-bow
clarinet:Hideo Kikuchi
guitar with e-bow: Norio Sato
composer:Yukiko Watanabe

℗ 2021 ZIPANGU PRODUCTS Co., Ltd.
Released on: 2021-01-18

Produced by Norio Sato for ENSEMBLE NOMAD
Engineered & Mixed by Taishi Taruoka for Genonsha Co., Ltd.
Mastered by Ikutoshi Miyata
Recorded at Studio 246 and Koen-dori Classics.
Mixed & Mastered at Studio246 for Genonsha Co., Ltd.
Recorded on January 18 and 21, August 18 and Nobember 1, 2019.
Executive Produced by Yoshiaki Yokota for ZIPANGU PRODUCTS Co., Ltd.
A & R : Maki Takagi for Genonsha Co., Ltd.
Photography:Maki Takagi
Art Direction & Design:STYLED-by-N