Although 'hit songs' continued to lead the Japanese popular music after the war, because of the rise of a new generation and the retirement of Ichiro FUJIYAMA in 1953, their musical characteristics began to crumble and songs similar to the current enka gradually began to appear.
戦後も日本の大衆音楽は「流行歌」によっていたが、新世代の台頭と1953年の藤山一郎の引退により音楽性が揺らぎ始め、次第に今の演歌に近い曲が出現し始めた。