![]() TOKYO TO NEW YORK
東京 と ニューヨーク Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W. 13th St. NY, NY 10011 November 12 • Saturday, 7pm 2016年11月12日 (土曜日) $25 ($15 Senior/Student) RESERVATIONS: T[email protected] 212-645-2800 For more information, please contact: [email protected] Co-Presented with Arts at Tenri. |
"Tokyo to New York” celebrates the connections between Tokyo and New York City with a series of concerts in Tokyo and New York. The concerts feature new works composed for Western classical instruments as well as traditional Japanese instruments. They include a wide variety of styles of music, from Japanese avant-garde to contemporary classical, abstract to minimalism, J-pop to jazz-influenced pieces. The composers have ranged from 19 to 92 years of age. They come from all walks of life and experience: from university students to university professors; from self-taught composers to composers with advanced degrees; from emerging composers to composers that have won such prominent awards as the Takemitsu Prize, Grammy Award, Latin Grammy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. The musicians of “Tokyo to New York” have had the opportunity to work with many of the Japanese and NYC-based composers programmed in these concerts, and since 2012, “Tokyo to New York” has performed over 70 world premiers and numerous Japan and United States Premiers.
The New York Times selected “Tokyo to New York” concerts as a critics’ concert of the week; NYClassical Review wrote of a “Tokyo to New York” concert as a season highlight; and a review from Lucid Culture Magazine described a “Tokyo to New York” concert as "…a fascinatingly eclectic, virtuosic program of new chamber works." |
Composers (Top: L to R): Matt AUCOIN, Guy BARASH, Kanokpak CHANGWITCHUKARN, Reiko FUETING, Gilbert GALINDO
(Bottom: L to R): Tomo HIRAYAMA, Mayuko KAWASAKI, Bin LI, Shoichiro TANAKA, Ippo TSUBOI
(Bottom: L to R): Tomo HIRAYAMA, Mayuko KAWASAKI, Bin LI, Shoichiro TANAKA, Ippo TSUBOI
Matt AUCOIN
Guy BARASH Kanokpak CHANGWITCHUKARN Reiko FUETING Gilbert GALINDO Tomo HIRAYAMA Mayuko KAWASAKI Bin LI Shoichiro TANAKA Ippo TSUBOI |
"Etudes" for Piano (2014)
"Talkback I" for Clarinet and Live Electronics (2010) “Reark-Karn” for Ryuteki, Clarinet, and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier) "leaving without/palimpsest" for Piano with Clarinet (2006) "Lost in the Caves" for Bass Clarinet and Live Electronics (2008) “Garden” for Hichiriki, Clarinet, and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier) "New York 1954-55" for Clarinet and Piano (2014/2016) (World Premier) "Voices (Concetto Strumentale 4)" for Hichiriki and Electronics (2016) (World Premier) "Hommage à Aoyama" for Clarinet and Piano (2014/2016) (World Premier, Clarinet Version) "Prelude for Concert No. 1, Pigeon" for Clarinet and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier) |
THOMAS PIERCY
Hichiriki Clarinet/Bass Clarinet トーマス・ピアシー 篳篥 クラリネット, バスクラリネット |
LISH LINDSEY
Ryuteki リッシュ・リンゼイ 龍笛 |
HIROSHI EBINA
Hichiriki 蛯名紘士 篳篥 |
TAKA KIGAWA
Piano 木川貴幸 ピアノ |
PERFORMERS
HIROSHI EBINA ~ Hichiriki
Hiroshi Ebina is a sound artist, gagaku musician and photographer. Hiroshi studied hichiriki and biwa, traditional Gagaku instruments, and dance under the guidance of musicians from the Japanese Imperial Household Agency. He performed Gagaku as well as his own ambient and experimental music in various venues around Japan. In 2014, he moved to New York City to pursue his music and photography. He has performed Gagaku at the Tenri Cultural Institute and his original compositions in various locations including NYCEMF. In February 2016, he released his EP called “Where Memories Dwell.” www.soundcloud.com/hiroshi_audio
TAKA KIGAWA ~ Piano
Critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa has earned outstanding international recognition as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber music artist since winning First Prize in the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano Competition in Tokyo, and the Diploma Prize at the 1998 Concurs Internacional Maria Canals De Barcelona in Spain, with such accolades from The New York Times as “Phenomenon. There’s no denying that he is something special,” “The extraordinary pianist.” and from The New Yorker “Unbelievably challenging program. Kigawa is an artist of stature.” and from La Nación (Buenos Aires) “Taka Kigawa is a stupendous virtuoso.” His New York City recital in 2010 was chosen as one of the best concerts of the year by The New York Times. His New York City recital in August 2011 was picked as one of the most notable concerts in the 2011-2012 season by Musical America. Also his Buenos Aires recital in April 2014 was chosen as one of the best concerts of the year by Argentina’s leading paper, La Nación.
He has performed extensively as a recitalist and soloist in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Cleveland, Paris, Milan and Barcelona, with appearances in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kosciuszko Foundation, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Cité de la Musique, and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Plau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He frequently tours in his native Japan, appearing in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano and Kyoto, both as a recitalist and a soloist with orchestra and in chamber music groups. He has performed with such distinguished institution as The Cleveland Orchestra. He has been a featured artist on many television and radio networks throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
His repertoire is extremely large and varied, ranging from the baroque to avant-garde compositions of today. He has collaborated closely with such renowned musicians as Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott. Also he premiered the last solo piano piece of late Yusef Lateef, the jazz legend, in New York City in 2013. Mr. Kigawa grew up in Nagano, Japan, where he began piano studies at the age of three, winning his first competition at the age of seven. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Shinsyu University, and his Master of Arts degree from Tokyo Gakugei (Liberal Arts) University, graduating with honors in Piano Performance. During both his undergraduate and graduate years, he also studied composition and conducting, receiving high honors in both disciplines. He furthered his studies in the United States at The Juilliard School in New York, where he earned his Master of Music degree. Mr. Kigawa currently lives in New York City, U.S.A. www.takakigawa.com
LISH LINDSEY ~ Ryuteki
Flutist and Ryuteki player A. Lish Lindsey made her Carnegie Hall debut as solo piccoloist with the Eastern Wind Symphony and has performed at venues such as David Geffen/Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center (DC), and Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall (PA). Recent engagements include the Broadway musical Finding Neverland (substitute), Josh Groban's "Stages" and "On Stage" Tour Orchestra, Jerry Garcia/Warren Haynes Symphonic Celebration Tour Orchestra, Il Volo's "Grande Amore" Tour Orchestra, New Jersey Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Strauss Symphony of America, Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of NY (ryūteki), and the clarinet/flute duo, Badger.Mantis. She has also enjoyed performing in Japan, China, Italy, and England. Lish is the adjunct professor of flute at Wilkes University (PA), New Jersey City University, and Mercer County Community College (NJ). www.lishlindsey.com youtube.com/lishlindsey
THOMAS PIERCY ~ Hichiriki, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Thomas Piercy is a critically acclaimed clarinetist and hichiriki player with orchestral, concerto, solo recital and chamber music appearances throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Described by The New York Times as “Brilliant...playing with refinement and flair…evoking a panache in the contemporary works...".
A versatile artist defying categorization – performing on the Emmy Award-winning Juno Baby CDs and DVDs; playing Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Earl Wild; performing concert improvisations with jazz pianist Donal Fox; performing Mozart with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade; playing Broadway songs with Raoul Julia; performing traditional Japanese instruments in Japan and the U.S.; working with the composer Leonard Bernstein; appearing in a KRS-ONE music video; recording with members of Maroon 5; cited by the New York Times for his performances of Brahms and Beethoven as well as contemporary pieces written for him - as an instrumentalist, singer, director and music director/conductor and actor, he has performed/recorded for Broadway and Off-Broadway, television, radio, video and commercial recordings. Since 2005, he has lived in both NYC and Tokyo.
Mr. Piercy has performed at many of the worlds acclaimed concerts halls including Carnegie Hall (NY, NY), Lincoln Center (NY, NY), the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC.), the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (Chicago, Illinois), Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Wigmore Hall (London, England), Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy) and Parthenon (Tokyo, Japan). His many festival appearances have included a featured performance in memory of Leon Russianoff at the 1991 International ClarinetFest, a concert of contemporary American music at the 2005 ClarinetFest in Tokyo, Japan, and all-Piazzolla concerts at the 2007 ClarinetFest in Vancouver, Canada, and 2016 ClarinetFest in Lawrence, Kansas.
A recipient of numerous scholarships, prizes and awards, he studied clarinet, voice and conducting at the Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, Virginia Commonwealth University and Shenandoah Conservatory. Piercy's earliest studies were in voice; his clarinet studies have been with Dr. Stephen Johnston, Gervase De Peyer, Leon Russianoff, and Kalmen Opperman. He has studied the hichiriki in Tokyo with the acclaimed hichirki performer Hitomi Nakamura. He has had arrangements and transcriptions published by Boosey & Hawkes, and as an assistant to Kalmen Opperman, he has contributed to clarinet study books and clarinet compositions published by Carl Fischer, Inc., and Baron Publishing.
A frequent performer of new music, Mr. Piercy has premiered over 200 works composed for him, including over 70 works composed for the “Tokyo to New York” concerts, by such composers as Ned Rorem (Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award), Fernando Otero (Latin Grammy Award), Shoichi Yabuta (Geneva International Music Competition), and Jun Nagao (Takemitsu Prize).
Piercy's discography includes "Gotham Ensemble Plays Ned Rorem", a CD of chamber music featuring the clarinet (Albany Records), "CAFE", a CD of music for clarinet and guitar (Tonada Records), the world-premier recording of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's "Ballad in Memory of Shirley Horn" (Tonada Records), and the Emmy Award-winning "Juno Baby" CDs and DVDs."
More information at: www.thomaspiercy.com Mr. Piercy is an official Rossi Clarinet, Forestone Reeds and Silverstein Ligature artist.
HIROSHI EBINA ~ Hichiriki
Hiroshi Ebina is a sound artist, gagaku musician and photographer. Hiroshi studied hichiriki and biwa, traditional Gagaku instruments, and dance under the guidance of musicians from the Japanese Imperial Household Agency. He performed Gagaku as well as his own ambient and experimental music in various venues around Japan. In 2014, he moved to New York City to pursue his music and photography. He has performed Gagaku at the Tenri Cultural Institute and his original compositions in various locations including NYCEMF. In February 2016, he released his EP called “Where Memories Dwell.” www.soundcloud.com/hiroshi_audio
TAKA KIGAWA ~ Piano
Critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa has earned outstanding international recognition as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber music artist since winning First Prize in the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano Competition in Tokyo, and the Diploma Prize at the 1998 Concurs Internacional Maria Canals De Barcelona in Spain, with such accolades from The New York Times as “Phenomenon. There’s no denying that he is something special,” “The extraordinary pianist.” and from The New Yorker “Unbelievably challenging program. Kigawa is an artist of stature.” and from La Nación (Buenos Aires) “Taka Kigawa is a stupendous virtuoso.” His New York City recital in 2010 was chosen as one of the best concerts of the year by The New York Times. His New York City recital in August 2011 was picked as one of the most notable concerts in the 2011-2012 season by Musical America. Also his Buenos Aires recital in April 2014 was chosen as one of the best concerts of the year by Argentina’s leading paper, La Nación.
He has performed extensively as a recitalist and soloist in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Cleveland, Paris, Milan and Barcelona, with appearances in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kosciuszko Foundation, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Cité de la Musique, and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Plau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He frequently tours in his native Japan, appearing in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano and Kyoto, both as a recitalist and a soloist with orchestra and in chamber music groups. He has performed with such distinguished institution as The Cleveland Orchestra. He has been a featured artist on many television and radio networks throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
His repertoire is extremely large and varied, ranging from the baroque to avant-garde compositions of today. He has collaborated closely with such renowned musicians as Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott. Also he premiered the last solo piano piece of late Yusef Lateef, the jazz legend, in New York City in 2013. Mr. Kigawa grew up in Nagano, Japan, where he began piano studies at the age of three, winning his first competition at the age of seven. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Shinsyu University, and his Master of Arts degree from Tokyo Gakugei (Liberal Arts) University, graduating with honors in Piano Performance. During both his undergraduate and graduate years, he also studied composition and conducting, receiving high honors in both disciplines. He furthered his studies in the United States at The Juilliard School in New York, where he earned his Master of Music degree. Mr. Kigawa currently lives in New York City, U.S.A. www.takakigawa.com
LISH LINDSEY ~ Ryuteki
Flutist and Ryuteki player A. Lish Lindsey made her Carnegie Hall debut as solo piccoloist with the Eastern Wind Symphony and has performed at venues such as David Geffen/Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center (DC), and Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall (PA). Recent engagements include the Broadway musical Finding Neverland (substitute), Josh Groban's "Stages" and "On Stage" Tour Orchestra, Jerry Garcia/Warren Haynes Symphonic Celebration Tour Orchestra, Il Volo's "Grande Amore" Tour Orchestra, New Jersey Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Strauss Symphony of America, Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of NY (ryūteki), and the clarinet/flute duo, Badger.Mantis. She has also enjoyed performing in Japan, China, Italy, and England. Lish is the adjunct professor of flute at Wilkes University (PA), New Jersey City University, and Mercer County Community College (NJ). www.lishlindsey.com youtube.com/lishlindsey
THOMAS PIERCY ~ Hichiriki, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Thomas Piercy is a critically acclaimed clarinetist and hichiriki player with orchestral, concerto, solo recital and chamber music appearances throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Described by The New York Times as “Brilliant...playing with refinement and flair…evoking a panache in the contemporary works...".
A versatile artist defying categorization – performing on the Emmy Award-winning Juno Baby CDs and DVDs; playing Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Earl Wild; performing concert improvisations with jazz pianist Donal Fox; performing Mozart with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade; playing Broadway songs with Raoul Julia; performing traditional Japanese instruments in Japan and the U.S.; working with the composer Leonard Bernstein; appearing in a KRS-ONE music video; recording with members of Maroon 5; cited by the New York Times for his performances of Brahms and Beethoven as well as contemporary pieces written for him - as an instrumentalist, singer, director and music director/conductor and actor, he has performed/recorded for Broadway and Off-Broadway, television, radio, video and commercial recordings. Since 2005, he has lived in both NYC and Tokyo.
Mr. Piercy has performed at many of the worlds acclaimed concerts halls including Carnegie Hall (NY, NY), Lincoln Center (NY, NY), the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC.), the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (Chicago, Illinois), Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Wigmore Hall (London, England), Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy) and Parthenon (Tokyo, Japan). His many festival appearances have included a featured performance in memory of Leon Russianoff at the 1991 International ClarinetFest, a concert of contemporary American music at the 2005 ClarinetFest in Tokyo, Japan, and all-Piazzolla concerts at the 2007 ClarinetFest in Vancouver, Canada, and 2016 ClarinetFest in Lawrence, Kansas.
A recipient of numerous scholarships, prizes and awards, he studied clarinet, voice and conducting at the Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, Virginia Commonwealth University and Shenandoah Conservatory. Piercy's earliest studies were in voice; his clarinet studies have been with Dr. Stephen Johnston, Gervase De Peyer, Leon Russianoff, and Kalmen Opperman. He has studied the hichiriki in Tokyo with the acclaimed hichirki performer Hitomi Nakamura. He has had arrangements and transcriptions published by Boosey & Hawkes, and as an assistant to Kalmen Opperman, he has contributed to clarinet study books and clarinet compositions published by Carl Fischer, Inc., and Baron Publishing.
A frequent performer of new music, Mr. Piercy has premiered over 200 works composed for him, including over 70 works composed for the “Tokyo to New York” concerts, by such composers as Ned Rorem (Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award), Fernando Otero (Latin Grammy Award), Shoichi Yabuta (Geneva International Music Competition), and Jun Nagao (Takemitsu Prize).
Piercy's discography includes "Gotham Ensemble Plays Ned Rorem", a CD of chamber music featuring the clarinet (Albany Records), "CAFE", a CD of music for clarinet and guitar (Tonada Records), the world-premier recording of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's "Ballad in Memory of Shirley Horn" (Tonada Records), and the Emmy Award-winning "Juno Baby" CDs and DVDs."
More information at: www.thomaspiercy.com Mr. Piercy is an official Rossi Clarinet, Forestone Reeds and Silverstein Ligature artist.
PROGRAM NOTES
Matt AUCOIN
"Etudes" for Piano (2014)
The three etudes were premiered in 2014 by pianist George Fu. The three short studies are the beginning of an ongoing series. They may be performed as a set or individually. These are studies not of particular technical challenges of piano playing, but rather in forms of musical motion and pianistic sonic possibilities. The playful "rondo which devours itself" consists of a recurring fragmentary line in the right hand that is constantly menaced by opposing forces in the music, little electric jolts that force the line to grow shorter and shorter over the piece's brief lifespan, until the whole complex self-combusts. The untitled second piece is a study in a strange, hovering form of perpetual motion. And the third, "a sounding," is a melancholy sounding of the depths of the piano's rich capacity for resonance. - Matthew Aucoin
Guy BARASH
"Talkback I" for Clarinet and Live Electronics (2010)
Talkback I for clarinet and live electronics is the first in a series of compositions for solo instruments and real-time digital signal processing. It was hailed by the Queens Chronicle as being “at once divine, serene and haunting.” With Talkback, I explore new playing techniques, enhanced timbre, and other sonic features that are characteristic of the instrument by magnifying and amplifying otherwise subtle nuances of the instrument and bringing them to the foreground. Talkback, just like in online media, is a response to something more substantial: western tradition, the canon. It is smaller but often as significant as it is a sincere manifestation of the zeitgeist. Real-time interaction between the clarinet and the computer is a form of dialog. Very similar to forms of communicating on the Internet—posting, tweeting, blogging, etc.—it is filtered, yet very real. - Guy Barash
Kanokpak CHANGWITCHUKARN
“Reark-Karn” for Ryuteki, Clarinet, and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier)
After composing many solo pieces with extended technique, I quesitoned myself: How does one compose a piece without modern technique? That question was the inspiration for how to construct “Reark-Karn." "Reark-Karn" is for Ryuteki, Clarinet and Piano. The ryuteki is treated as the narrator for the ensemble; the clarinet and piano are characters commenting upon the ryuteki's narration. "Reark-Karn", composed for Thomas Piercy, was premiered at Tokyo's Hakuju Hall on February 28, 2016. - Kanokpak Changwitchukarn
Reiko FUETING
"leaving without/palimpsest" for Piano with Clarinet (2006)
leaving without/palimpsest, for piano with clarinet (2006), is based on the composition leaving without for piano (2002). The German folk tune Gesegn dich Laub (Bless you leaves) served as its source material. Both title and form are a reflection of its content. - Reiko Fueting
Blessed be leaves, blessed be grass,
Blessed be everything that was,
I must depart.
Dear angels, be with me,
Body and soul are separating,
But my heart shall not break.
Blessed be the moon, blessed be the sun,
Blessed be Trautlieb, my joy,
I must depart.
Gilbert GALINDO
"Lost in the Caves" for Bass Clarinet and Live Sound Processing (2008)
"Lost in the Caves" was premiered by Thomas Piercy in 2009 at NYC's Symphony Space as part of the American Composers Alliance Festival.
Unfamiliar landscapes
A night of new encounters, of new escapes
The joy, the thrill, the excitement of the unknown
Absolutely clueless
What bliss!
- Gilbert Galindo
Tomo HIRAYAMA
“Garden” for Hichiriki, Clarinet, and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier)
"Garden" is an antithesis to Cage's "Ryoanji." Cage represented the Japanese garden from the Zen point of view, I think. But I get more concrete and colorful inspiration from Japanese gardens. There are mountains, rivers, animals, sea, islands in the small space. Ancient people tried to express the nature vividly there. Although I like Cage's abstract world, I'd like to express another "Garden", today. "Garden", composed for Thomas Piercy, was premiered at Tokyo's Hakuju Hall on February 28, 2016. - Tomo Hirayama
Mayuko KAWASAKI
"New York 1954-55" for Clarinet and Piano (2014/2016) (World Premier)
Inspired from the 1954-55 New York photographs by famed photographer, William Klein. The energy from the cityscape flourishes in the images and the blurred lines of the photos. "New York 1954-55" was composed for Thomas Piercy.
Bin LI 李彬
"Voices (Concetto Strumentale 4)" for Hichiriki and Electronics (2016) (World Premier)
Φωνές (Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης)
Ιδανικές φωνές κι αγαπημένες
εκείνων που πεθάναν, ή εκείνων που είναι
για μας χαμένοι σαν τους πεθαμένους.
Κάποτε μες στα όνειρά μας ομιλούνε·
κάποτε μες στην σκέψι τες ακούει το μυαλό.
Και με τον ήχο των για μια στιγμή επιστρέφουν
ήχοι από την πρώτη ποίησι της ζωής μας --
σα μουσική, την νύχτα, μακρυνή, που σβύνει.
Voices (Constantine P. Cavafy, translated by Daniel Mendelsohn)
Imagined voices, and beloved, too,
of those who died, or of those who are
lost unto us like the dead.
Sometimes in our dreams they speak to us;
sometimes in its thought the mind will hear them.
And with their sound for a moment there return
sounds from the first poetry of our life--
like music, in the night, far off, that fades away.
This piece, in 福州话 (the language of my childhood in Fuzhou, China), is dedicated to Thomas Piercy and to all those who fly on planes.
- Bin Li
Shoichiro TANAKA
"Hommage à Aoyama" for Clarinet and Piano (2014/2016) (World Premier, Clarinet Version)
The original version of this piece (for violin and piano) was written for the Aoyama Foundation (Kyoto) which gave me a scholarship. The three tones of the main motif are based on its names "A"oyama "F"oundation of "M"usic (A♮, F♮, Mi♮). I also used intensively the note B♮, which is extracted from the word , "H"ommage( in german , H means B♮).
Composing this piece, I used pitch class set theory and a Japanese mode related with the main motif and tonality. Listening to this piece, you might hear many Japanese melodies, harmonies and resonances, or even see bamboo trees or blooming cherry blossoms in your mind. After playing through this piece and other music with clarinetist Thomas Piercy, I gladly revised the violin version for Mr. Piercy. If you feel as if you were in a Japanese garden in Kyoto and enjoy this piece, I'm very happy. - Shoichiro Tanaka
Ippo TSUBOI
"Prelude for Concert No. 1, Pigeon" for Clarinet and Piano (2016) (U.S. Premier)
"Prelude for Concert No.1, Pigeon" is part of a series of concert preludes that are intended to be performed at the beginning of, or prelude to, a concert. I imagine a dove or pigeon perched in a tree at the entrance of the concert. - Ippo Tsuboi