Oppekepe bushi/オッペケペー節 [With English and Romaji subtitles]
オッペケペー節 / Oppekepē bushi / Oppekepe Song
- Enka
Singer and Performer: Toshiyuki Tsuchitori
(The original video by him! ▷ )
Lyricist and Composer: Otojiro Kawakami
[About this song]
This song was released in 1889 by Otojiro Kawakami. The song, which sings confidently about the absurdities of the society at that time, became so popular that various lyrics were written.
[About translation]
*I want people who don’t like rights and welfare to take the medicine of liberty.
The original text of “the medicine of liberty“ is “自由湯, Jiyu-tō,“ and it reads in the same way as “Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyu-tō),“ the libertarian political party that existed during the Liberty and Civil Right Movement. This is a wordplay using the fact.
*Old kamishimo has lost its corners
Kamishimo is the plain clothing o
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Oppekepe bushi/オッペケペー節 [With English and Romaji subtitles]