Ryūkōka
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Ryūkōka is a Japanese musical genre. The term originally denoted any kind of "popular music" in Japanese, and is the sinic reading of hayariuta, used for commercial music of Edo Period. Therefore, ima
People's Honour Award winning singer Ichiro Fujiyama
Hideko Takamine and Taro Shoji
Noriko Awaya, the "Queen of Blues" in Japan
The lyric sheet of "Patriotic March"
Ichirō Fujiyama
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Ichirō Fujiyama, born Takeo Masunaga, was a Japanese singer and composer, known for his contribution to Japanese popular music called ryūkōka by his Western classical music skills. He was born in Chūō
Ryūkōka
…considered to be among the founders of the modern style of kobushi singing. Many composers and singers of ryūkōka went on to earn official distinctions; Ichiro Fujiyama and composers Masao Koga and Ryoichi Hattori received the People's Honour Award in later years. Although enka branched off from ryūkōka, many singers…
Tokyo University of the Arts, current successor to Tokyo Music School. Pictured is its Ueno Campus.
Disc label for Kōa kōshinkyoku (興亞行進曲, Enrich Asia March), sung by Fujiyama, Akiko Futaba and Hisao Ito