Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song by Christine R. Yano

Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song

Harvard East Asian Monographs

Christine R. Yano

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nonfiction history music
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Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute enka's primary audience, this music--of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns, and ...

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