Talk:Enka

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I was always under the impression that the two types of enka mentioned here were the same. What's the difference? - Sekicho

Confusing article, yes. I will do some research and improve it. -Himasaram 13:38, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's been two years... state of the article: lead distinguishes two types of enka, history section doesn't. If anyone knowledgable about the subject could fix this, it'd be appreciated. Shinobu 05:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I have tried to fix the problem. Mahoroba 16:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there some voice modulation used in enka to express the emotions? Almost like yodeling. I was surprised to see no mention of it.72.65.85.35 07:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)enka fan

Accuracy of artist list

Against popular belief, Japanese enka does NOT equal contemporary (i.e. non-Japanese pop) music. Artists like Akiko Wada and Ken Matsudaira are not enka artists; they sing contemporary Japanese music, which should never be mixed up with enka. The style of enka is very specific. Groink 11:37, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Country music?

Though I've certainly heard of the comparison to country music, it seems to me the style is far more akin to lounge music. Does anyone have any comment on this? Can we add it into the article, or...? LordAmeth (talk) 04:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Flagged for rewriting

This article needs a quite a bit of work, both the English and the structure. Instead of starting out with history, it should go directly to the main idea -- popular music that flourished in the pre- and postwar periods, and lives on as a fairly major genre. I think it should be structured more like the Japanese Wikipedia article. Explain the themes, melodic characteristics, main artists, place in popular culture, and only then get into the history. If I get time I will try to come back to it, but it would be nice if someone who knows more about music could explain the tonal system -- why enka sounds the way it does. -- Margin1522 (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Writing problems

This article is by far the worst-written I have seen on Wikipedia for an article of such length. It looks like it was machine-translated from the Japanese version and then random bits were cut out and edited. Yikes! 98.112.119.33 (talk) 04:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

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Lots of the text makes no sense

For example this makes no sense:

In present-day Japan, Road Traffic Law regulates the appearance of street performers. However, Japanese performers such as Utaji Fukuoka (福岡詩二) have still sung enka from the Taishō period.[19]

There is lots more like that. Decentcontributors (talk) 08:31, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Inline maintenance templates

Template:Yo When you were copy-editing this article in 2010, you added Template:Tlx a number of times. This is probably a bit of a stretch, since you did those edits 8 years ago, but do you have an idea what inline cleanup template you were intending for it to represent? Template:Tlx seems like a possibility, since it was used in other places in the article, but I'm not sure if it fits.

I ask because the use of Template:Tlx was erroneous; it is not an inline cleanup template, and it simply produces a bolded italicized question mark "?". e^πi (talk | contribs) 23:44, 5 May 2019 (UTC)