Various Artists: Longing for the Shadow: Ryukoka Recordings 1921-1939 (Various Artists) [ LP ]

Title: Longing for the Shadow: Ryukoka Recordings 1921-1939 (Various Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Death Is Not the End
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5050580793668
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2026-01-23
Number of Discs: 1

Emerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the ryukoka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music.

Tracks:
1.1 Seki Taneko - Akemi's Poems
1.2 Kusunoki Shigeo - Longing for the Shadow
1.3 Yayoi Tanaka - Sad Gull
1.4 Akasaka Koume - Please Forgive Me
1.5 Ichimaru - If You Go Down the Tenryu
1.6 Mitsuko Nemoto - Cosmos Elegy
1.7 Ichiro Fujiyama - Tokyo Daughter
1.8 Chiyako Sato - Skyscraper
1.9 Yayoi Tanaka - The Dream Is Short Lived
1.10 Ichiro Fujiyama ; Masao Koga - Is Sake Tears or Sighs?
1.11 Otomaru - Yoneyama Sanri
1.12 Hamako Watanabe - I Don't Forget
1.13 Akasaka Koume - Asama Smoke
1.14 Yoshio Tabata - Farewell Ship
1.15 Ichiro Fujiyama - Farewell Youth
1.16 Kouta Katsutaro - Stand up Tomorrow