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Release Date: 2023-01-18Label: King Records
First pressing released in limited special sleeve case. Including color photo booklet.CDJapan external bonus: Exclusive A4-sized clear poster
Tower Records external bonus: Logo cloth sticker
Transliterations and translations:
Album title: Ryūō-Dōji (Dragon King)
(track numbers appear in old Japanese numerals on release)
1. Niji (Rainbow)
2. Ryuusou (Dragon Burial)
3. Houou no Hitsugi (The Phoenix Hearse)
4. Ouinaru Kappo (Great Strides)
5. Ibaraki-dōji (an Ibaraki-doji is an oni (demon or ogre) featured in tales of the Heian period)
6. Inozasaou (A yōkai that has been handed down in Obogamine, Kawakami Village, Yoshino County, Yoshino Mountains, Nara Prefecture. It is also called Ikisasa, Ipponashi, or Ippondatara. In some cases, it is read as "Inosasaou".)
7. Nurarihyon (Nurarihyon is a type of Umibozu. The “slippery floater” of these legends is described as a bulbous mass that floats on the Seto Inland Sea, eternally bobbing up and down between the surfaces of the water)
8. Akashita (a yokai depicted as a beast with clawed hands and a very hairy face covered with dark clouds, but its full body appearance is unknown)
9. Gekka Ninpōchō (Ninja Scroll of the Moonflowers)
10. Shiramine (White Peak, possibly a reference to Shiramine-jingu Shrine)
11. Karura (Karura (Garuda) - is a divine creature with human torso and birdlike head in Japanese mythology.)
12. Kakugo (Readiness)
13. Ryōmen-sukuna (Ryōmen-sukuna is a specter that was said to have appeared in Hida Province in ancient times, during the reign of Emperor Nintoku)
14. Shizukokoronaku Hana No Chiruran (The Flowers Are Scattered Without Tranquility)
15. Tokimeki (Heart Palpitations)
Album duration 71:37