Ringetsu
# Ringetsu

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

The album features "Hitori Jouzu", a song released as a lead single in October 1980 and became her second top-ten hit on the Japanese Oricon (since her 1977 chart-topper "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. Also in December 1981, the album received honor of winning the 23rd Japan Record Awards for "Album Best 10", a category acclaimed the ten most magnificent long-playing records.

Along with a follow-up 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.

### Side one

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

### Side two

* "Bus Dōri (バス通り, Basu Dōri)" – 4:18
* "Friendship (友情, Yūjou)" – 6:56
* "Seijin Sedai (成人世代)" – 4:06
* "Yakyoku (夜曲)" – 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 – bass guitar
* Michio Nagaoka – bass guitar
* Kenji Takamizu – bass guitar
* Ryoichi Akimoto – bass guitar
* Masataka Matsutoya – keyboards
* Haruo Togashi – keyboards
* Yasuharu Nakanishi – keyboards
* Maki Tashiro – keyboards
* Izumi Kobayashi – 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 (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
   * 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) | Best 10 Albums | Miyuki Nakajima |

## Chart positions

### Album

| Year | Album | Country | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981 | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 48 | 590,000 |
| 1981 | Month of Parturition (Ringetsu) | Japan | Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 33 | 590,000 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Weeks | Sales |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | "Hitori Jouzu" | "Kanashimi ni" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 6 | 23 | 444,000 |
| 1981 | "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" | "Anzu Mura kara" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 25 | 12 | 79,000 |
