# Ringetsu

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***Month of Parturition*** (臨月, *Ringetsu*) is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter [Miyuki Nakajima](/source/Miyuki_Nakajima), released in March 1981.

The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a [lead single](/source/Lead_single) in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "[The Parting Song](/source/The_Parting_Song)").

*Month of Parturition* topped the Japanese albums chart for two weeks, and marked the number-six on the country's year-end chart of 1981.[1] Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd [Japan Record Awards](/source/Japan_Record_Award) for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.

Along with a follow-up *[Kansuigyo](/source/Kansuigyo)* released in the following year, *Month of Parturition* has been one of her best-selling non-compilation albums to date, selling over 590,000 copies.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by [Miyuki Nakajima](/source/Miyuki_Nakajima).

### Side one

1. "Ashita Tenki ni Nare (あした天気になれ)" – 3:19
1. "Anata ga Umi wo Miteiru Uchi ni (あなたが海を見ているうちに)" – 5:42
1. "Self Portrait in Two Mirrors (あわせ鏡, *Awase Kagami*)" – 5:13
1. "Hitori Jouzu (ひとり上手( lit., Having Been Accustomed to Solitude))" – 4:12
1. "Snow (雪, *Yuki*)" – 4:55

### Side two

1. "Bus Dōri (バス通り, *Basu Dōri*)" – 4:18
1. "Friendship (友情, *Yūjou*)" – 6:56
1. "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
1. "Nocturne (夜曲, *Yakyoku*)" – 6:48

## Personnel

- Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
- Masaki Matsubara – electric guitar
- Takashi Ozaki – electric guitar
- Ken Yashima – electric guitar
- Shigeru Suzuki – electric guitar
- Kazuo Shiina – electric guitar
- Chuei Yoshikawa – acoustic guitar
- Hiromi Yasuda – acoustic guitar
- [Tsugutoshi Goto](/source/Tsugutoshi_Goto) – bass guitar
- Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar
- Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
- Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar
- Masataka Matsutoya – [keyboards](/source/Keyboard_(music))
- Haruo Togashi – keyboards
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
- Maki Tashiro – keyboards
- [Izumi Kobayashi](/source/Izumi_Kobayashi_(musician)) – keyboards
- Nobu Saito – percussion
- Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion
- Yuki Sugawara – percussion
- Nobuo Yagi – harmonica
- Keiko Yamakawa – harp
- Jake H Conception – saxophone
- Eiji Shimamura – drums
- Yuichi Tokashiki – drums
- Tatsuo Hayashi – drums
- Yutaka Uehara – drums

## Production

- Performer, composer, lyricist, producer: Miyuki Nakajima
- Arranger: Katz Hoshi (Side one #1 / Side two #3), Hiromi Yasuda (Side one #2), [Masataka Matsutoya](/source/Masataka_Matsutoya) (Side one No. 3 / Side two #2,4), Mitsuo Hagita (Side one #4,5 / Side two #1)
- Recording director: Yoshio Okujima
- Director: YūZō Watanabe
- Mixing and mastering engineer: Katsuya Kuroda
- Assistant engineer: Bill Takahashi
- Photographer, art director: Jin Tamura
- Designer: Hirofumi Arai
- Management for the artist: Hiroshi Kojima, Kunio Kaneko
- Executive producer: [Genichi Kawakami](/source/Genichi_Kawakami) - Special Thanks to Gil House People - Mixed and Mastered at the Hitokuchizaka SIudio, Tokyo, Japan

## Awards

Japan Record Awards Year Title Category Winner 1981 (23rd) Month of Parturition (Ringetsu)[2] Best 10 Albums Miyuki Nakajima

## Chart positions

### Album

Year Album Country Chart Position Sales 1981 Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) 1 590,000[3] Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) 1

### Singles

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Sales 1980 "Hitori Jouzu" "Kanashimi ni" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) 6 444,000[4] 1981 "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" "Anzu Mura kara" 25 79,000[4]

## See also

- [1981 in Japanese music](/source/1981_in_Japanese_music)

## References

1. ["Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – 1981 Oricon Year-end Albums"](https://archive.today/20071115021311/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1981_a.html) on November 15, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

1. ["History of the Japan Record Awards – List of the 23rd Award Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120213114532/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1981.htm) on February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

1. ["Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima"](https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html) on June 19, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

1. ["Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Singles Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima"](https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html) (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/nakajima.html) on June 19, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.

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