Dragonfly in Paradise and Other Folk Songs

With "Boatman's Song" in 1921, Noguchi Ujō (1882-1945) became the most popular songwriter in Japan. This volume translates, complete and in order, the five collections of folk-song lyrics he published in the following years: Dragonfly in Paradise (1924), A Hundred Folk Songs by Ujō (1924), Sparrows Under the Eaves (1925), Osandaishosama (1926) and Noguchi Ujō Folk Song Series, Volume One (1928).

Nearly 300 songs, with refrains, the poet's prefaces and notes, and endnotes. AI-assisted translation.