This item is from my home collection. The contents are in like-new, excellent condition, but as it is old, there is some aging on the cover, etc. We appreciate your understanding. Ayu Akutagawa, who passed away in 2007, wrote the lyrics for over five thousand hit songs that people still sing today. This collection features memories with singers, stories behind the creation of songs, and a sharp yet warm perspective on changing times. A collection of exquisite essays that convey messages to the Japanese people, entrusting them to kayokyoku (Japanese popular songs). Hiromi Go, Kirin Kiki, Hiroshi Kume, Masao Koga Takashi Egawa, Chiyo Sen, Kenji Niinuma, Kenji Sawada Katsuo Ohno, Junichiro Koizumi, Akiko Wada Mirei Kitahara, Toshihiko Tahara, Ryudo Uzaki Hiromi Iwasaki, Pink Lady, Kakuei Tanaka Katsuo Ohno, Billy Wilder, Sakiko Ito Momoe Yamaguchi, Masako Mori, Junko Sakurada, Himawari Musume Shizue Abe, Takashi Miki, Hideki Saijo, Teruhiko Saigo Kensaku Morita, Takanohana, Shunichi Tokura, Sadaharu Oh Tomoko Kuwae, Chiyoko Shimakura, Akira Fuse, Reiji Matsumoto Yasuko Naito, Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Keizo Takahashi Hakudo Otsuka, Eigo Kawashima, Koichi Morita Jackie Yoshikawa & Blue Comets, Kazuo Uemura Shinichi Mori, Ko Shoin, Toru Funamura, Hiroshi Itsuki Aki Yashiro, Keisuke Hama, Sayuri Ishikawa, Kunihiko Suzuki Hiroshi Uchiymada, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Hideo Gosha, Harumi Miyako Keiko Fuji, Hikaru Utada, Johnny Okura Carol, Finger 5, Masaaki Sakai, Mari Amachi Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Yasujiro Ozu, Makoto Kawaguchi Linda Yamamoto, Kisaburo Suzuki, Koji Hirose Kazuo Tokumitsu, Katsuhisa Hattori, Fujimaru Yoshino, Takuro Yoshida Mako Ishino, Mitsuru Arai, Junko Ohashi Char, Akira Kobayashi, Shinji Tanimura, Hibari Misora Eun-Sook Kye, Takashi Toshimi, Keiko Nakajima, Junko Ohashi Michiyo Azusa, Nana Kinomi, Kyoko Koizumi Shingo Katori, Mariko Takahashi, The Mops Pedro & Capricious, Honey Knights Takeo Watanabe, Kayoko Moriyama, Katsuo Inoue Kunihiko Murai, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Eri Hiramatsu Satoshi Takebe, Crystal King, Shima Iwashita Masako Natsume, Masahiro Shinoda, Glenn Miller Kaoru Sugita, Bob Dylan The Folk Crusaders Lionel Richie, John Lennon The G-Roys, Sheena & The Rokkets, Makoto Ayukawa Haruo Chikada, Jun Inoue, Zoonie Voo June De, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Shigeru Okada Adamo, Miyuki Kawahara, Yo Hitoto Keizo Takahashi, Minoru Endo, Hiroshi Miyagawa, Isao Sasaki Kiyohiko Ozaki, Tom Jones, Mitsuhiko Kuze Eiichi Ohtaki, Yukio Mishima, Masatoshi Koshiba, Koichi Tanaka Masato Sugimoto, The Spiders, TUBE Southern All Stars, Kunihiko Murai, Koji Ishizaka Ruriko Asaka, Ogai Mori, The Tigers Morning Musume, Yoshinori Monta Takuro Yoshida, Toshiyuki Nishida