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Line 16: }} {{nihongo\|'''Enka'''\|演歌}} is a popular [[Japan]]ese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such [[postwar]] expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial{{?\|month=November 2010}} [[nationalism]] as ''[[nihonjinron]]'', while adopting a more traditional musical style than popular [[prewar]] ~~popular~~ ''[[ryūkōka]]'' music in its vocalism.<ref>Christine Reiko Yano. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=SnGY9XQj0ocC&pg=PA42 Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song]''. ''[[Google Books]]''. via Harvard Univ Asia Center. 2003. 42. ISBN 9780674012769</ref> Modern enka, as developed in the postwar era, is a form of [[Ballad#Sentimental ballads\|sentimental ballad music]]. Some of the first modern enka singers were [[Hachiro Kasuga]], [[Michiya Mihashi]], and [[Hideo Murata]].<ref name="ntv">{{ja icon}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/omoii-tv/today/081022.html\|title=The day that enka singer Hachiro Kasuga died\|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]\|date=2008-10-22\|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref> The revival of enka in its modern form is said to date from 1969, when [[Keiko Fuji]] made her debut.