Ichimaru (市丸) born Mitsue Goto (後藤 まつゑ Gotō Matsue, July 16, 1906 – Februar… Read Full Bio ↴Ichimaru (市丸) born Mitsue Goto (後藤 まつゑ Gotō Matsue, July 16, 1906 – February 17, 1997) grew up in Japan with eleven siblings under harsh conditions. She left her family at the age of fourteen or fifteen to work at a geisha house. She spent much of her early years working at a hot springs spa in Asama, located in the Nagano Prefecture as an oshaku waitress. One time she was asked to sing by one of her customers, she was terribly embarrassed at her inability to sing and vowed to improve her skills.
At the age of nineteen she moved to Tokyo and joined the Ichimatsuya Okiya, and took on her new name, Asakusa Ichimaru.
In an effort to improve her singing skills when she moved to Tokyo, Ichimaru undertook shamisen and singing lessons from Enchiga Kiyomoto, who was a famous female shamisen artist. She made great progress but still felt she could get better. Ichimaru then undertook training with the Grand Head Master Enjudaiyu Kiyomoto V's son, Eijudaiyu.
The training paid off and soon she was in great demand in not only her own geisha district but others around hers such as Yanagibashi, Akasaka and Shinbashi. Due to her great singing talent, Ichimaru was asked by The Victor Recording Company to sign a contract in 1931. She recorded her first song for a movie called Nure Tsubame (Wet Swallow) which became a hit. She followed her debut up with another hit, "Tenryū Kudareba" (Down the Tenryū River), which saw her become a superstar. Due to the success of her budding music career she decided to retire from being a geisha to concentrate solely on her singing career.
Throughout the 1930s Ichimaru continued to record new songs and performed for Japanese troops at home and abroad. By the end of the decade her recording career had slowed down to a complete halt due to World War II. After the war in 1948 she began to record music again boost the morale of post-war Japan. At the end of the 1940s he started her own radio program called "Mitsukoshi Calendar of Songs" which would continue to be a success for the next ten years.
After the war Ichimaru became interested in US culture, becoming greatly interested in jazz music. The result of this interest was the hit song "Shamisen Boogie Woogie", composed with an American jazz songwriter.
In 1950, she became the first Japanese singer after World War Two to be invited to Hawaii to perform. This performance was followed other international concerts.
During this time Ichimaru was singing for kabuki, and composing her own ko-uta, a style that would later become to be known as "Ichimaru Air".
At the age of nineteen she moved to Tokyo and joined the Ichimatsuya Okiya, and took on her new name, Asakusa Ichimaru.
In an effort to improve her singing skills when she moved to Tokyo, Ichimaru undertook shamisen and singing lessons from Enchiga Kiyomoto, who was a famous female shamisen artist. She made great progress but still felt she could get better. Ichimaru then undertook training with the Grand Head Master Enjudaiyu Kiyomoto V's son, Eijudaiyu.
The training paid off and soon she was in great demand in not only her own geisha district but others around hers such as Yanagibashi, Akasaka and Shinbashi. Due to her great singing talent, Ichimaru was asked by The Victor Recording Company to sign a contract in 1931. She recorded her first song for a movie called Nure Tsubame (Wet Swallow) which became a hit. She followed her debut up with another hit, "Tenryū Kudareba" (Down the Tenryū River), which saw her become a superstar. Due to the success of her budding music career she decided to retire from being a geisha to concentrate solely on her singing career.
Throughout the 1930s Ichimaru continued to record new songs and performed for Japanese troops at home and abroad. By the end of the decade her recording career had slowed down to a complete halt due to World War II. After the war in 1948 she began to record music again boost the morale of post-war Japan. At the end of the 1940s he started her own radio program called "Mitsukoshi Calendar of Songs" which would continue to be a success for the next ten years.
After the war Ichimaru became interested in US culture, becoming greatly interested in jazz music. The result of this interest was the hit song "Shamisen Boogie Woogie", composed with an American jazz songwriter.
In 1950, she became the first Japanese singer after World War Two to be invited to Hawaii to perform. This performance was followed other international concerts.
During this time Ichimaru was singing for kabuki, and composing her own ko-uta, a style that would later become to be known as "Ichimaru Air".
お江戸日本橋
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Kimiko Yamauchi お江戸日本橋七ツ立ち 初上り 行列揃えて アレワイサノサ コチャ高輪 夜明けて 堤灯消す コチャエ コチャエ 恋の品川…
寺内タケシとバニーズ お江戸日本橋七ツ立ち 初上り 行列揃えて アレワイサノサ コチャ高輪 夜明けて 堤灯消す コチャエ コチャエ 恋の品川…
山内喜美子 お江戸日本橋七ツ立ち 初上り 行列揃えて アレワイサノサ コチャ高輪 夜明けて 堤灯消す コチャエ コチャエ 恋の品川…
東京キューバン・ボーイズ お江戸日本橋七ツ立ち 初上り 行列揃えて アレワイサノサ コチャ高輪 夜明けて 堤灯消す コチャエ コチャエ 恋の品…
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Mishima Toshiro
One of the most beautiful japanese songs, thanks for uploading 日本橋🌉
刘沙子
流石市丸姐さん。
tosifumi arai
確か、今から五十年前小学校六年で学芸会で、お江戸日本橋を踊ったのを覚えています❗私は、見様見真似で躍りを躍り恥を欠いたのを覚えています❗苦い思い出でもあり、今になると懐かしい思い出です❗教えて戴いた先生でありお嬢さんも亡くなられました‼
aozora 931
遅ればしながらコメント有り難う御座います。私は５４才の時、端唄三味線を習い始めまして、最初に覚えたのがこのお江戸日本橋なんですよ、今、７０才になり、時々三味線を引っ張り出してお復習いをして居ます。日舞の方も（奴さん、かっぽれ、等・・）踊りました（笑）とっても懐かしい想い出です。
青魚岩太郎
おおおっ！市丸ねえさん。粋だねっ！
山本靖規
無理なご乗車はお止めください
まさよ イノウエ
うめにもはる、いちまる