Description You are bidding on a STILL SEALED record album by HIBARI MISORA (美空 ひばり, Misora Hibari), I have attached numerous photos since it is sealed. I do not read this language,but the album was identified by someone who reads and speaks Taiwan that it is Hibari. Album cover says it is on the Kuopin label #KP-5297. Condition: STILL SEALED. It has been stored in a friend’sbasement since the 1970’s. According to the internet, she was born / died (May 29, 1937 - June 24, 1989) and was aJapanese singer and the predominant figure in postwar enka music. She was BornKazue Kato (加藤和枝, KatōKazue) in Yokohama, she was an accomplished singer by the age of seven, andappeared in film for the first time at age 12. Between 1949's Kanashikikuchibue and 1971's Onna no Hanamichi, she appeared in over 60 movies. She waspopularly known as the "Queen of Showa" as the first major Japanesecelebrity of the postwar era.InApril of 1987, on the way to a performance in Fukuoka, she suddenly collapsed.Rushed to hospital, she was diagnosed with bilateral femoral necrosis broughton by chronic hepatitis. Until August she was confined to hospital andeventually showed signs of recovery. She commenced recording a new song"Midaregami" in October, and in 1988 performed at a concert calledFushichou konsaato (Phoenix Concert) at the Tokyo Dome. Against overwhelmingpain in her legs, she performed a total of 39 songs while assuring her fansthat she had completely recovered. However, on 24 May 1989, having beenre-admitted to the Juntendou hospital in Tokyo, she died from interstitialpneumonitis at the age of 52. Her death was widely mourned throughout Japan. In July 1989 after her death, she became the first female recipient of theNational Prize of Honour (国民栄誉賞) for herlongstanding contributions to the music industry. In 1993, the Misora Hibari-kan opened in Arashiyama, Kyoto. It was popular withfans and tourists for a number of years, but due to declining turnout it closedon November 30, 2006. Her most famous song, "Kawa no nagare no yō ni" (1989), was voted #1 in a1997 NHK poll of the best Japanese songs of all time. Please bid with confidence – selling records for 40+ years. Thank you.