Madri risolute e soldati eroici: L'immaginario bellico nelle canzoni popolari 1937-1945
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between popular songs (ryūkōka) and war imagery in Japan from the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War to the end of the Pacific War. Thanks to the development of the recording industry and the introduction of the radio, Japanese popular songs developed rapidly in the early years of the Shōwa period (1926-1989) and thus constitute a valuable source for the identification of recurrent themes and the sentiments behind them.