Takemitsu’s recent works have been marked by the use of traditional Japanese instruments as in the case of Eclypse for the Shakuhachi and Koto, or the music in the film, Kwaidan (Ghost Stories), which includes extremely original concepts. Here again, the motive of composition seems to seek through these instruments special effects which otherwise could not be obtained. And it is true that he has until now been so successful that one could not expect more. It seems as if it were aimed at producing an interminable dynamic drama from the succession of the momentary sounds from the hand and the mouth of the musician. This is the quality very akin to that which realizes infinite freedom at the very moment of heightened tension as in the case of Japanese calligraphy and the tea ceremony.