This item is from my home collection. The contents are in excellent condition, but the cover shows signs of aging due to its age. I appreciate your understanding. A brilliant jazz critic who defined an era speaks freely in this cultural commentary on Japanese pop music! Highly praised in the Asahi Shimbun (Haruomi Hosono), Tokyo/Chunichi Shimbun (Koji Ueno), and Jiji Press (Tadashi Nagasawa)! Enoken, Hibari Misora, Ryoichi Hattori, Kyu Sakamoto, Crazy Cats, military songs, Momoe, Seiko, Akina, Naoko, Yuming, Eiichi Ohtaki, Sharan Q, Yoshihiro Kai, Ryudo Uzaki── From pre-war and wartime hits and military songs to post-war idols and new music, see Showa through popular songs! This is the first posthumous work by Hisato Aikura, a master of music criticism, who passed away last July, coinciding with the publication of his selected essays, "Saredo Swing." [Table of Contents] Chapter 1: Reconsidering Kenichi Enomoto (Enoken) Chapter 2: Reconsidering Ryoichi Hattori Chapter 3: Reconsidering Wartime Songs (1) Chapter 4: Reconsidering Wartime Songs (2) Chapter 5: Reconsidering Hibari Misora Chapter 6: Reconsidering Kyu Sakamoto Chapter 7: Hanae and the Crazy Cats Chapter 8: Reconsidering Idol Songs The Runner-up / The Rapid Growth of Momoe Yamaguchi / Market Expansion and Mixture / Momoe and Seiko / Changing Akina, Unchanging Seiko / Unconscious Excess of Naoko / Idol Triangle Chapter 9: Reconsidering New Music Tokyo-style Urban Music / Japanization of Japanese and Foreign Music / Misunderstood Folk / Unquestionable Greatness / Singing in Japanese Chapter 10: Thinking about "Showa Kayou" in the Heisei Era From Reviews: This is a great book. From Enoken to KOHH, from Ryoichi Hattori to Yasutaka Nakata, from Shizuko Kasagi to Pikotaro. You can confirm what has been connected and recognize what has been disconnected, from Showa to Heisei, from the 20th century to the 21st century, from pre-war to post-war. In a review of Seiko Matsuda's album, he mentioned that only two songs stood out. When he looked at the songwriters, both songs were written by Yoshihiro Kai of Kai Band. The part where he analyzes why is interesting. The greatness of Momoe Yamaguchi. Regarding the "Don't make a fool of me!" part of Playback II, she sings with different emotions in the first and second verses. She must have been a true genius.