In the recession in the wake of World War I , Noguchi & Nakayama 's '' minyō '' folksong '' '' ( Boatman 's song , 1921 ) struck chord with he audience with its melancholic strains , with its use of the pentatonic minor scale ( 五音短音階 ) . This song was turned into a film in 1923 ( Shōchiku studio ) , the year the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kantō area . Another song lyric that Noguchi wrote that year was set to music by Nakamura in 1928 , and became the hit song '' '' set in the port of the Izu Ōshima island , it was recorded by Chiyako Sato and by tenor Yoshie Fujiwara
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Ujō Noguchi