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This is a Modern piece .

Ginza Kan Kan Musume appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Japanese Music of Hawaii  (Listen)
This song, performed here by Jane Itai, was a giant hit in Hawai'i. The song tells of the women (also known as pan pan musume) who had to eke out a living under difficult circumstances during the Post WWII Occupation years.