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===Death===
===Death===
In April of [[1987]], on the way to a performance in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], Misora suddenly collapsed. Rushed to hospital, she was diagnosed with [[bilateral femoral necrosis]] brought on by chronic [[hepatitis]]. She was confined to hospital and eventually showed signs of recovery in August. She commenced recording a new song in October, and in 1988 performed at a concert at the [[Tokyo Dome]]. Despite overwhelming pain in her legs, she performed a total of 39 songs. Her condition worsened, and on [[24 June]] [[1989]], after being re-admitted to a hospital in [[Tokyo]], she died from [[interstitial pneumonitis]] at the age of 52. Her death was widely mourned throughout [[Japan]], and to show respect, television and radio stations annually play her song {{nihongo| "Kawa no nagare no you ni"|川の流れのように}} on her birthdate. In a national poll by [[NHK]] in [[1997]], the song was voted the greatest Japanese song of all time by more than 10 million people.
In April of [[1987]], on the way to a performance in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], Misora suddenly collapsed. Rushed to hospital, she was diagnosed with [[bilateral femoral necrosis]] brought on by chronic [[hepatitis]]. She was confined to hospital and eventually showed signs of recovery in August. She commenced recording a new song in October, and in 1988 performed at a concert at the [[Tokyo Dome]]. Despite overwhelming pain in her legs, she performed a total of 39 songs. Her condition worsened, and on [[24 June]] [[1989]], after being re-admitted to a hospital in [[Tokyo]], she died from [[interstitial pneumonitis]] at the age of 52. Her death was widely mourned throughout [[Japan]], and to show respect, television and radio stations annually play her song {{nihongo| "Kawa no nagare no you ni"|川の流れのように}} on her birthdate. In a national poll by [[NHK]] in [[1997]], the song was voted the greatest Japanese song of all time by more than 10 million people.

==Claims of Korean ancestry==
There are Korean sources as well as English-language non-Korean sources stating that Hibari Misora was [[Zainichi Korean|ethnic Korean]].<ref>[http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2417548 "일본 연예계 70%는 한국계?"], August 14, 2006, [[JoongAng Ilbo]]</ref><ref>[http://japanese.joins.com/article/article.php?aid=78840&servcode=700&sectcode=710 "{{nihongo2|中国で人気の日本人気歌手、実は韓国系}}"], August 14, 2006, [[JoongAng Ilbo]]</ref><ref>[http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-106/artist_name-hibari_misora/ Profile of Hibari Misora], Nippop.com</ref><ref>[http://www.japanreview.net/review_lie_and_befu.htm Article "To be or not to be…Japanese: That is the conundrum"], by Paul J. Scalise, JapanReview.net</ref> ''Shukan Bunshu'', a weekly magazine in Japan, wrote about the assertion on August 10, 1989, and stated that she was not Korean.<ref>Shukan Bunshu {{nihongo2|「『美空ひばりの父は韓国人』はどこまで本当か」}}, August 10, 1989.</ref> Ohshita Eiji, a Hibari Misora biographer, has investigated the ancestry of Hibari's parents as well, and concluded that they were not Korean.<ref>{{nihongo2|美空ひばり時代を歌う}} (1989.7) ISBN 4103654023</ref>


===Museum===
===Museum===

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Hibari Misora

Hibari Misora (美空ひばり, Misora Hibari, May 29, 1937 - June 24, 1989) was an award winning Japanese enka singer, actress, and living national treasure.[1] She is often regarded as being one of the greatest singers of all time,[2] and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's prize of honour (国民栄誉賞), which was awarded for her notable contributions to the music industry.[3] Hibari Misora is also one of the most commercially successful music artists in the world, and at the time of her death, she had recorded around 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records.[4] Posthumously, consumer demand for her recordings grew significantly, and she had sold more than 80 million records by 2001.[5][6] Her swan-song "Kawa no nagare no you ni" (川の流れのように) is often performed by numerous artists and orchestra's as a tribute to her, including notable renditions by The Three Tenors, Teresa Teng, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, and the Twelve Girls Band.

Biography

Life and career

Hibari Misora was born Kazue Katō (加藤和枝, Katō Kazue) in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Japan. Her father was Masukichi Katō (加藤増吉, Katō Masukichi), a fishmonger, and her mother Kimie Katō (加藤喜美枝, Katō Kimie), a housewife. Misora displayed musical talent from an early age after singing for her farther at a world war 2 send-off party in 1943. He invested a small fortune taken from their families savings to begin a musical career for his daughter, and in 1945 she debuted at a concert hall in Yokohama, at the age of eight, as Kazue Misora (美空和枝, Misora Kazue), a name proposed by her mother. A year later she appeared on a NHK broadcast, and impressed the Japanese composer Masao Koga with her singing ability. He considered her to be a prodigy, which had the courage, understanding, and emotional maturity of an adult. In the following two years, she became an accomplished singer and was touring notable concert halls to sell out crowds. Her recording career began in 1949 at the age of twelve, when she changed her stage-name to Hibari Misora (美空ひばり, Misora Hibari) and starred in the film Nodojiman-kyô jidai (のど自慢狂時代).[7] The film gained her nationwide recognition, and she signed to Columbia Records to record her first single Kappa Boogie-Woogie (河童ブギウギ, Kappa būgiwūgi) later that year, which became a commercial hit, selling more than 450,000 copies. As an actress, she starred in over 60 movies from 1949 to 1971, and won numerous awards. Her performance in Tokyo Kiddo (1950), in which she played a street orphan, made her symbolic of both the hardship and the national optimism of post-world war 2 Japan.[8] As a singer, she became known for her performance of enka, a sentimental form of Japanese popular music which emerged during the early part of the 20th century, and was renowned for her live performances, and singing which encapsulated the emotional pain of those who had suffered.[9]

Death

In April of 1987, on the way to a performance in Fukuoka, Misora suddenly collapsed. Rushed to hospital, she was diagnosed with bilateral femoral necrosis brought on by chronic hepatitis. She was confined to hospital and eventually showed signs of recovery in August. She commenced recording a new song in October, and in 1988 performed at a concert at the Tokyo Dome. Despite overwhelming pain in her legs, she performed a total of 39 songs. Her condition worsened, and on 24 June 1989, after being re-admitted to a hospital in Tokyo, she died from interstitial pneumonitis at the age of 52. Her death was widely mourned throughout Japan, and to show respect, television and radio stations annually play her song "Kawa no nagare no you ni" (川の流れのように) on her birthdate. In a national poll by NHK in 1997, the song was voted the greatest Japanese song of all time by more than 10 million people.

Museum

In 1994, the Hibari Misora Museum opened in Arashiyama, Kyoto. This multistory building traced the history of Misora's life and career in multi-media exhibits, and displayed various memorabilia. It attracted more than 5 million visitors, until it officially closed on November 30, 2006, as to allow a scheduled reconstruction of the building. The main exhibits were moved into the Shōwa period section of the Edo-Tokyo Museum, until reconstruction was complete. The new "Hibari Misora Theater" opened on April 26, 2008, and includes an exclusive CD for sale of a previously unreleased song. [10]

Notable songs

  • Kappa Boogie Woogie (河童ブギウギ, 1949)
  • Kanashiki Kuchibue (悲しき口笛, 1949)
  • Tokyo Kiddo (東京キッド, 1950)
  • Omatsuri Mambo (お祭りマンボ, 1952)
  • Ringo Oiwake (リンゴ追分, 1952)
  • Minatomachi 13-banchi (港町十三番地, 1957)
  • Yawara (柔, 1964)
  • Kanashii Sake (悲しい酒, 1966)
  • Makkana Taiyo (真赤な太陽, 1967)
  • Aisansan (愛燦燦（あいさんさん）, 1986)
  • Midaregami (みだれ髪, 1987)
  • Kawa no nagare no yō ni (川の流れのように, 1989)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=311040086
  2. ^ http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsdetail.asp?newsnum=611280059
  3. ^ http://www.hyou.net/ka/eiyosho.htm
  4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DA1E3EF936A15755C0A96F948260
  5. ^ http://columbia.jp/company/en/corporate/history/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.bk1.jp/product/02060223
  7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483989/
  8. ^ Tansman, Alan (1996). "Mournful tears and sake: The postwar myth of Misora Hibari". In John Whittier Treat (ed.). Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-824818-54-7.
  9. ^ Yano, Christine R. (2002). Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song. Cambridge Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Asia Center. pp. p.121. ISBN 0-674-00845-6. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:LqQQYTdwLK0J:columbia.jp/company/en/ir/news_release/pdf/080808.pdf+hibari+misora+itunes+site:http://columbia.jp/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari
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