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Longing for the Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939

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- 01: Seki Taneko - Akemi&Apos;S Poems
- 02: Kusunoki Shigeo - Longing For The Shadow
- 03: Yayoi Tanaka - Sad Gull
- 04: Akasaka Koume - Please Forgive Me
- 05: Ichimaru - If You Go Down The Tenryū
- 06: Mitsuko Nemoto - Cosmos Elegy
- 07: Ichirō Fujiyama - Tokyo Daughter
- 08: Chiyako Sato - Skyscraper
- 09: Yayoi Tanaka - The Dream Is Short Lived
- 10: Ichirō Fujiyama &Amp; Masao Koga - Is Sake Tears Or Sighs?
- 11: Otomaru - Yoneyama Sanri
- 12: Hamako Watanabe - I Don&Apos;T Forget
- 13: Akasaka Koume - Asama Smoke
- 14: Yoshio Tabata - Farewell Ship
- 15: Ichirō Fujiyama - Farewell Youth
- 16: Kouta Katsutaro - Stand Up Tomorrow
Emerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the ryūkōka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music.
This collection of 1920s & 30s ryūkōka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread influence of western pop music during post-war US occupation.

