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The Taisho period (1912-1926) is often considered a brief flowering of democracy before the country slid toward militarism, nationalism and totalitarianism. It was also a period of comedy and satire, presented on the 21 songs here, laced with a mixture of laughter and sadness.
1. Jinjiroge to China Mai - Kodani Akiyama, Yoshiyo Akiyama 2. Democracy Bushi - Kodani Akiyama, Yoshiyo Akiyama 3. Motopanuki - Chitsumine Shiohara 4. Heiwa Bushi Jodja Song (Tokyo Bushi) - Chitsumine Shiohara 5. Heiwa no Uta (Tokyo Bushi) - Tomiko Hisanoya 6. Watashi no Uta - Tomiko Hisanoya 7. Saikun Koi - Shokyokukusai Tenge Ikko Tenge 8. Gendai Bushi - Tomiko Hisanoya, Tomiko Tachibanaya Ogachi 9. Haikara Bushi - Shosei Saito, Asei Matsuzawa, Ikuho Miyajima 10. Shinonome Kuzushi - Chitsumine Shiohara 11. Korotsuke - Nihonbashi Maruko - Maruko Asai and others 12. Gakusei Bushi, Ishida Ichi Namida (Chimatsu Ishidai) 13. Chiba Shinju - (Ue) (Shita) - Ryogetsu Kaminaga 14. Mandolin no Uta - Shunyo Tottori 15. Nonki Bushi - Shunyo Tottori 16. Nonkina Otosan - Banshu Yoko 17. Toji Tokyo no Ryuko-mono - Maruko Asai 18. Fukko Bushi (Ue) (Shita) - Hitokoe Saito 19. Kin Koishi - Ichimatsu Ishida 20. Emi Hyaku - Teiichi Futamura, Aiko Sagara, Nippon Hon Orchestra 21. Sendo Kouta - Shunyo Tottori, Teichiku Kangen Dan