This piece was commissioned by Horikoshi High School Wind Ensemble. The director and conductor of the ensemble, Takashi Yoshizawa, has been a close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa since the inception of the ensemble, and this is the third such commission that the composer has received. The composer was asked to write a piece based on Japanese theme, a rare occurrence among the 120-plus works that Yagisawa has written for wind band. Yoshizawa asked for such a piece as he wished to send out to the worl...