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
