Word: aoi
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...blaze is Ryoichi Hattori, 43, a jolly, wavey-haired fellow whom many Japanese jazz composers call sensei (teacher). Hattori teaches chiefly by object lesson: he has written more than 2,000 songs, many of them smash hits. Last week his Aoi Sammyaku (Blue Mountains) headed the Japanese radio hit parade...
...often leaves the chore to others, who have that strange poetic touch which knocks the Japanese for a loop, but leaves a Westerner vaguely feeling as if someone has been beating him over the head with a chrysanthemum petal. The lyrics to Hattori's hit of the week, Aoi Sammyaku...