Speaking of poetry monument in Ginza, is this first of all?
"Gin Koi Monument" in Sukiyabashi Park, Ginza 4-chome
"The Story of Love in Ginza" written by Hisao Otaka, composed by Sou Kaburagi
This is a duet song by Yujiro Ishihara and Junko Makimura, released in 1961.
The following year, the Nikkatsu movie "The Story of Love in Ginza" with the same name as the theme song was released on the starring Yujiro Ishihara and Ruriko Asaoka.
Next, "Ginza willow Monument" in Ginza 8-chome
This is exactly the song monument of "Tokyo March"
Ginza willow that is nice to plant.
Remnants of Edo's Remnants
Let's blow a spring breeze parasol
Today's busy street
"Tokyo March Song" is written by Yasushi Saijo and composed by Shinpei Nakayama, the first Japanese movie theme song (a song tied up with a movie).
The movie "Tokyo March" is a movie of Kan Kikuchi's novel, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It's a silent movie.
poetry monument of Takuboku Ishikawa, located on Namiki-dori St., Ginza 6-chome.
"The fish of the time when it became a newspaper light in Takiyama-cho in Kyobashi"
Takuboku Ishikawa was a poet (dying at the age of 26) known for his "handful of sand" and "sad toys" (announced after death), and worked as a proofreader for the Asahi Shimbun.
At Shimbashi Enbujo in Ginza 6-chome, there are two monuments of theatricians who predominantly took the world.
One is "Sawa Sho" "Shojiro Sawada" (pictured above, stone monument on the right)
He was a popular actor in popular dramas who played an active part from the Taisho era to the early Showa era, founded the theater company Shinkoku Theater and served as chairman. It seems that swordplays such as "Tsukigata Hanpeta" and "Chuji Kunisada" were enthusiastically received.
"Somewhere the sound of a musical accompaniment"
The other is poetry monument of the Soganoya Goro.
He was a leading figure in modern comedy in Japan, a comedy actor, and a comedy writer.
His death triggered the formation of the Shochiku New Comedy.
"Musashino, crying for thirty years, laughing,"
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This is not Chuo-ku, but the poetry monument of "Let's meet in Yurakucho" in front of Yurakucho Marion (2-5-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku)
"Let's meet in Yurakucho" is a song by lyrics Takao Saeki, composition Tadashi Yoshida, singing Frank Nagai, and was also used as a commercial song (campaign song) by Sogo Yurakucho (currently Bic Camera Yurakucho). It is a song that was
