enka
Sign in to saveis a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years.
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- Music genre.name
- Enka
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1950s, Japan
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- inception
- 1950-00-00
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- Enka
- native label
- 怨歌
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Musical style
- History
- 19th century–1920s: ''Sōshi'' enka and violin enka
- 1920s–1940s: Era of ''ryūkōka''
- Late 1940s–1954: The arrival of new singers
- 1955–1959: Early history of modern ''enka''
- 1960s–1970s: Commercial success
- 1980s–1990s: Losing definition and decline
- 2000s: Musical hybridity
- 2010s
- International popularity
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years.
Modern enka, as developed in the postwar era, is a form of sentimental ballad music. Some of the first modern enka singers were Hachiro Kasuga, Michiya Mihashi, and Hideo Murata. The revival of enka in its modern form is said to date from 1969, when Keiko Fuji made her debut. The most famous male enka singers are Shinichi Mori and Kiyoshi Hikawa.