【Album concept】 Children in Showa era(Japanese era 1926-1989) were vaguely imagining the rosy future in 21st century where everyone lives comfortably with a smile in a bright society. Now, what about the 21st century that has arrived? It may have become comfortable. But when it comes to rosy, I don't think so.I personally feel the air that seems to be choking because innocent personality and prominent behavior are considered semi-evil. It may have been a sudden event since last year, but we can no longer smile at each other. It's like a dystopia that George Orwell foresaw. If this disaster is put to an end a few years later, I can't help but terrify just by imagining what the future holds for us at that time. We have chosen an easy path named rich and comfortable. But I think. I think that life is only when there is suffering. To gain a harvest, people have to work hard to cultivate the fields. People are born and die, and in the meantime they experience many farewells and become affectionate. People learn to forgive others from sadness and suffering and become able to respect each other. In a way, suffering may be the happiness.The suffocation these days must seem like the result of pushing (or being directed to) the hardships to the corner. Perhaps bitterness and comfort are two sides of the same coin. Only when there is suffering can the comfort shine and we feel happy.In this album, I want to draw the sadness and suffering in life, the worst future map, the wrong choice in the sense of being human, etc. with a hard sound. Of course, I will take great care not to give up a specific event so as not to be unnecessarily critical. From a modern point of view, if I could sing universal things, it would be a great success. By the way, “KURAKU” is also the name of a popular literary magazine(Japanese) before and after the war. Ranpo Edogawa's "The Human Chair" was published in this magazine. I thought it was interesting and suitable as the next work of the previous album “SHIN SEINEN”, so I proposed this title. Shinji.Wajima

''There is no good old heavy metal anymore. It's dead...'' Ningen Isu: ''Hold my sake!''

1st time: Wow 3rd time: the lyrics are good 10th time: can't stop listening 100th time: Toshishun

Me 3 years ago: "Shabadabadia, Shabadabadia, Shabadabadia, Babababa!" Me today: "TOSHISHUN! TOSHISHUN!"

So grateful that English-speakers are getting a chance to see this incredible band in their never-ending prime.

Shinji is a riff MACHINE!

みんなありがとう！ このような日本人以外のファンのことを考えてくれて本当にありがとう！ Thanks guys! I really appreciate that you think about us non Japanese fans like this!

日本語って、こんなに美しくて 機微に富んだ言語だったのか。

杜子春は、小説を知る事で、人間椅子の 杜子春の意味が深く分かります。

涙でる。みんな健やかであって欲しい。

Me: "Omm..." My Buddhist friend: "Oh, are you practicing Buddhism now?" Me: "It's complicated.."

彼らは今日から国内LIVEツアーが始まります。成功を祈ります!!　頑張れ!! They will start their domestic LIVE tour from today　I pray for your success!!　good luck!!

Based on the Ryūnosuke Akutagawa retelling of the old Chinese tale of Toshishun. The song seems to pull from and mash together 2 parts of Toshishun's story. In one part Toshishun is poor and homeless and freezing. He meets an old man who asks him what is wrong and Toshishun tells him. The man tells Toshishun to go to a certain place and dig and he will find a fortune. Toshishun does so and becomes very rich. Toshishun then throws extravagant parties and has many friends but squanders his fortune in just a couple of years and ends up broke, friendless and homeless again. Toshishun then meets the old man again who again tells him of a place to go dig and amass a fortune and he does so with the same outcome. He becomes rich and has many friends and then loses everything within a couple of years. The scenario repeats for a 3rd time but when the old man offers up a location to go dig for a treasure Toshishun decides he is tired of how people are and how the people love him when he is rich and then use him and abandon him when he is broke. He no longer desires wealth and fortune or to be admired by his fair-weather friends. Toshishun then realizes the old man is a wizard and asks to become his apprentice which is the second part of his story. From here the wizard tells Toshishun they will get a stick from a tree and ride it into the sky to Mt. Emei and they do so. Once they are there the wizard drops Toshishun off and say he has to fly around the world and while he does so Toshishun must wait on the mountain. He informs Toshishun that evil spirits and scary things may try to talk to him and that no matter what he must never speak a word or he will not become a wizard. The wizard leaves and before long a giant tiger and a White snake appear and try to question Toshishun about why he is on this mountain that no men go to. Toshishun refuses to answer but the creatures threaten to kill him if he does not answer them. Still Toshishun remains quiet. The Tiger and snake surround him and pounce but then disappear. Toshishun continues to wait and the wind begins to howl and it rains fiercely and the mountain shakes as if it might collapse. Toshishun stays put. Lightning strikes and then a Fire demon appears and it too attempts to get Toshishun to speak by threatening to kill him with his spear. Toshishun does not speak and so the Demon kills him. Toshishun then awakens in a strange place where he is captured by demons and taken to one of the Judges of Hell. He is questioned but refuses to speak even after threat of being taken to Hell. The demons then carry Toshishun to Hell showing him the rivers of blood and mountains of needles and the suffering people and still he does not speak. The demons return him to the Judge who is surprised that Toshishun has not spoken yet. The Judge gets an idea though and tells the demons to bring Toshishun's dead mother and father before him. Toshishun then sees 2 frail, starving horses that he recognizes are his dead parents. The judge demands Toshishun speak and tell him why he was on the mountain or else he will whip the 2 horses with iron chains. Toshishun still refused to speak and so the demons whipped the 2 horses until they were bleeding and tears ran down their cheeks and were close to death. Still Toshishun did not speak. Then Toshishun heard a voice in his head, the voice of his mother telling him "We will be fine. If you are happy, then that is when we are most happy. Even if you say anything, or do not say anything to the judge of the afterlife”. Toshishun had heard this voice and was overwhelmed that his mother remembered him and he remembered that when he was rich and then poor how his friends had treated him yet his mother loved him no matter what and he ran to the horse and cried out "Mother!" Toshishun then awoke, he was back in his village as if nothing had happened and the wizard appears and speaks to him. Toshishun tells the wizard he could not remain silent seeing his mother whipped by demons. The wizard understands and acknowleges that Toshishun probably doesn't want to be a wizard now. Toshishun agrees and the wizard asks him what he does want to be. Toshishun tells him he just wants to be a human. The wizard tells Toshishun to forget they ever spoke or met but that there is a house on a mountain that he owns and that it now will belong to Toshishun to live in. CREDIT: Plastinum (?)

人間椅子さん、お名前は音楽雑誌等で30年前から知っておりましたが、初めてこちらで拝見させて頂きました。 こんな凄いバンドになっていたのですね。本当に尊敬します。 海外コメントが長文ばかりで、愛されていると分かります。 ビジュアルも、サムライギタリストとボーズベーシスト、極道ドラマーという感じでめちゃめちゃカッコ良いです！ この3人組で、50歳を過ぎてから世界に殴り込みをかけるなんて凄い境地に踏み出されましたね。 日本人として誇りに思います。ありがとうございます。

とみに物忘れが激しいこの頃、椅子を聴くと脳細胞も活性化され、身体も軽くなるよう。オミクロンも撃退しますぞ!!!

一番!相変わらず。。。。。あなたの音楽は南カリフォルニアの砂漠で生きています😎

Still in the Rabbit hole,, see you in two years,,🐕🕺🐕

混沌と不安と絶望に喘ぐ世界中の人々に、希望の一撃⚡️

異端者の悲しみにも通じるラストの展開にホッとするというか、クイーン的というか未来は捨てたもんじゃないよね、きっと

この曲は名曲です。ヘビメタ愛の皆さん。オールドロック(伊藤正則さんの言葉)愛の皆さん。今こそ立ち上がりましょう。この曲を沢山の人に聴いて欲しいです。

The End! The Beginning! The Riff! Toshishun!

Man imagine an entire crowd chanting Toshishun as they play this live. I get chills just thinking about it.

30年間、聴いて来て本当に良かったと思う、今日この頃

おどろおどろしい地獄の様なサウンドにワビサビの効いた歌詞、トリオというシンプルな構成ながら、この重圧感と刀の様に鋭い雰囲気 マジですげえバンドよな人間椅子 The Japanese Metal

アイアンメイデンの新譜のタイトルが 日本語の｢戦術｣なのには驚いた。 アニメーションや漫画、日本の文化が メタルバンドと融合する時代が来た！ がんばれ人間椅子！！

ブレず。刺さったわ。 ありがとうございます。 人間椅子！！！

I´m waiting for you comin to germany angain so hard! I´ll be there then!

世界中パンデミックでこんなメロディーを聞きになり感動しかないんだ

和嶋教授のギタートーン、グルーヴ、憧れしか無い。

東京オリンピック　これで行きたかったかな。ネオ東京ね。

和嶋氏のアルバムコンセプトコメントの 21世紀の想像図と現在の乖離の嘆き（さらに現在から未来予想図は明るいものというよりは、流行り廃り程度の根拠の薄い制限だらけで明るい未来を語ることもなくなり）からの 「From a modern point of view, if I could sing universal things, it would be a great success. 」の一言も、 人間椅子の活動を見てると説得力もあるし、ロックとメタルへの飢えを感じてる英語圏の需要をみると、ちょっとは未来に期待を持ちたくなる。

Hearing this song i feel like i crossed an extra-dimensional warp gate and reached a universe where Black Sabbath were from Japan.

Ningen Isu never makes a bad song .

Genius.

自分を語る杜子春と、コーラスで杜子春！と自分の名前を語りかけられるのを、ちゃんと区別して訳されてる❣️ コレ初めて聞いた時、ムンクの叫びが喚起されました…深いッ‼️

Please guys, support them. Buy their album, if nothing else, at least buy this song digitally. Punch that like button. Subscribe. And leave comments. I want these guys to tour the US so I can see them, they deserve a greater fanbase--they are just great metal all around!

最後の飛翔に希望がある泣

ほっほっほ、まぁ簡単には理解して欲しくないというか、逆に早く気付いて欲しいというか、複雑な気分にさせてくれるのは流石ですな、ほっほっほ。

再生回数が、昨日の夜3000回だったのに、もう1万越えていて凄い！世界の人間椅子と言っても過言ではないな。

NINGEN ISU, the three Bodhisattvas of Zen Metal with a dark message... but at the end of the awesome riff, there is a message of light for those who seek it. 🤘😎🙏🙂

お!カッコいいリフ!お父さん❗で持っていかれたw

If I'd heard this when I was 14 I'd be a lifelong fan.

This song reminds me of my mother who passed away years ago 😢

Hello from a subscriber in New Zealand. Nyūjīrando no kanyū-sha kara kon'nichiwa. Anata no kyoku `hātoresusukyatto' o saisho ni kiita no wa, hon'no 2-nen hodo mae no kotodesu. Hayaku bando o mitsuke rarenakatta koto o owabi shimasu. Watashi wa anata no bando no subete ga daisukidesu, anata no 3-ri zen'in ga odoroku hodo ensō ​​ shimasu! Anatagata hitorihitori wa anata no gijutsu ni sugurete imasu. Wajima shinji wa WOW! ! Anata wa pawafuru de shikkari shita koe, machigainaku metarushingā o motte imasu. Kon'nani fukami, tōn, shiāna badasu ga kikoeru to wa omotte imasendeshita! Watashi wa anata ga kirumono to fuku ga imi suru mono ga daisukidesu. Naniyori mo, anata ga anata no bunka to gengo o anata no bando ni toriire, sono sentaku ni mo koshū shita koto o hokori ni omoimasu. Osoraku, anata no bando wa 1987-nendai no hitobito no mimi ni wa amarini mo susunde ita node wanai ka to omotte imashitaga, sūjūnengo, hitobito wa tsuini subete no metaru bando ga Beikoku ya Igirisu kara no monode wanai koto ni kidzukimashita. Nihonjin to metaru no kumiawase wa, sukunakutomo watashi ga sunde iru bashode wa, hijō ni dokusō-tekidesu. Kyō, watashi wa tsuini motto ōku no kotonaru bunka, gengo, soshite subete no kotonaru kuni no hitobito no `kongō' janru o kiite imasu. Watashi ga kiita ta no ikutsu ka no bando: `Shinfonikkumetaru' wa yōroppa de kyodaidesu `NightWish'- nyūjīrando no subarashī bandometarubando. `Epika'- shinfonikkumetaru o kumiawaseta mono. `Eirian'u~eponrī'- karera wa omoni nyūjīrando no haha kokugo de utatte imasu. Maori/ tereodesu. `BlackPink'- metarubēsu no Kankoku no ōrugārubando. (Warui hyōka! ) I love "Black Sabbath" & loved "Pantera", I can hear some iconic riffs, you 3 guys are real BAD-ASS! I wish all the best for the Band and I can't wait for the rest of the world to catch -up! I'm hoping you all hit IT BIG & in doing so you are able to help out many families, especially your own.

人間椅子さん、2日前に初めて知りましたが、聞いてすぐとっても好きになりました。この曲は私が思っていた今の世界について同じことを歌っていらっしゃるので、とてもうれしくて感動しました！応援してます！！

What an awesome and considerate move to accommodate your western fans!

Buddhist Sabbath

芥川さんの作品も読んでみようかな。 ほぼ50年ぶりかも。

コロナが早く収束して、海外で”杜子春コール”を響かせて欲しいです🥺

私はイタリアからあなたをフォローします、あなたはとても強いです !!!

*Japan Most Badass Trio* is coming back!!! 🤘😝🤘🇲🇾♥️🇯🇵

With English lyrics can easily understand the story behind this song. You guys are my favourite Japanese band all the time...Rock it...

原作がある曲も映像化や世界に翻訳がある作品が多いから調べたり触れるきっかけになる。 活字読むのが苦手な人でも興味もつよね。 原作の解釈を通して新しい作品を生み出すって本当に凄いです。

I love everything happening here. 私はここで起こっているすべてのものが大好きです。

やはりすごい反響だな。特に海外の反響が。

I'm gonna tell my kids this is Rush.

Barababamba Barababamba Barababamba Barababamba 仏陀と大女神に感謝します。 私の訴えは答えられました。 歌詞をありがとう。 人間椅子ありがとうございます。 Ich Danke Buddha und der großen Göttin. Mein Flehen wurde erhört. Danke für die Lyrics. Danke Ningen Isu. Shabadabadia Shabadabadia Babababa

Therapist: oh wow! So you already practice meditation? That's great! May I ask what kind? Me: 2:32 🤘👺🕉️

"To live is painful as hell, to die is also painful as hell", this speaks to my soul

I find myself singing a long, but because I dont speak Japanese it sounds a lot like "Toshishun, Toshishun, Toshishun, na na na na na na na"

This song is beautiful, that's all.and all is that.

夢中になって、聞いて、掘り下げて、複雑な構造、国の味、驚くべきエネルギー、本当にそれが好きでした、どうもありがとうございました!!! Muchū ni natte, kiite, horisagete, fukuzatsuna kōzō,-koku no aji, odorokubeki enerugī, hontōni sore ga sukideshita, dōmo arigatōgozaimashita! ! !

Оболочки стариков слетают с их тела, когда они поднимаются на сцену и начинают играть металл. Словно сакура расцветает, так их музыка делает этот мир лучше.

This could be the best guitar sound/tone in the world!

How many times have you listen to this music? Me: toshishun

Toshishun is a novel by the Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa. It is based on a Chinese folktale.

1/5 i learning yapanese now.

ムチャクチャいいな。

Soooo frickin happy to discover this amazing band, it's been a long time since the hairs on my neck felt such pure joy.

Ningen Isu are definitely in my Top Ten of favourite bands. 🤘😎🤘

That drum fill at 5:18 omg

Ningen Isu always brings a ridiculous smile to my face. I have no shame. I love these guys. 💕

これが 辞めずに殺りつずける事の 最終形態なのですね。

凄く良い、雰囲気が良い、とにかく良い‼️

I love how Shinji is basically Oda Nobunaga but he's a guitarist

These guys are friggin amazing

God damn these RIFFS.

どうもありがとう NINGEN ISU. the gift you give is beyond priceless

The human experience put to power cords.... These guys are indescribably great

Outstanding!! They deserve FAR more recognition in the USA. An amazing band

Ningen ISO.... is so awesome they know everything about my brain and thoughts.... They truly are masters of this miserable human existence

Fucking amazing AGAIN ! Although tjeir lyrics are often dark, horror, despair, the joy these guys have to play together for so many years, joy you can see when they publish non musical videos, always cheers me up.

NINGEN ISU ETERNAL

コロナ禍だからこそ聞きたくなる。

My greatest musical discovery in 10 years! Such a profound mix aff all cool rock music packed in hard wrap. And lirrics just propel all previously written. Also my 2y kid is crazy about you guys! Keep rocking!

This is a revelation. I am so saddened by the realization that I don't have enough days left to live to experience all the music the world has to offer.

Every time I hear or see Ningen Isu, the more I like them. I just bought Ifuudoudou (live album from 2017).

The guy who put the lyrics in English in the comments for the official video is asking... "Am I not appreciated?" Thanks Ningen Isu for this english version video. YOU are most appreciated.

I don't understand them but I sure do enjoy listening to them.

Shoguns of Rock !!!

I feel like I've found "my people". I haven't gone down a musical rabbit hole like this for a long time...

Litterally every one of your songs rocks so hard. Easily one of the best metal bands of all time.

Thank you , ever loving

Why I didn't know them yet by tonight? lol Bookmarked thanks Wish u all have great days ahead too

実存主義的なバンド。好きだ。

Buddhist Priest is back!!! Lets go!

I believe this song, Toshishun, may be about the novel by the same name, written by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (芥川 龍之介) one of the first prewar Japanese writers to achieve a wide foreign readership, partly because of his technical virtuosity, partly because his work seemed to represent imaginative fiction as opposed to the mundane accounts of the I-novelists of the time, partly because of his brilliant joining of traditional material to a modern sensibility, and partly because of film director Kurosawa Akira's masterful adaptation of two of his short stories for the screen. There is an animated movie with the same name from 1981. Synopsis: A very young boy gets separated from his mother after a cruel warlord marries her. He grows up in poverty among the poor until he gets a chance to go after his wishes and find the deepest and the most worthy of them.

この夏家族で一番聞いた曲。 なぜか中高生の娘たちがはまっている。いつもはBTSなのに😁

Without translation: "Ningen isu rocks!" With translation: "NINGEN ISU FUCKING ROCKS!!!" I know there's a lot lost in translation and culture, but keep doing what you're doing. My knowledge of the Japanese language is EXTREMELY limited, but you guys just rock.

Ningen Isu's songs are more than twice as long as most songs but every time I listen I wish they were longer.