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The Translated songs (Japanese: 翻訳唱歌, Honyaku shōka, meaning "translated songs") in the narrow sense are the foreign-language songs that were translated into Japanese, when Western-style songs were introduced into school education in the Meiji era (the latter half of the 19th century) of Japan.
"Katyusha's Song" (カチューシャの唄, Kachūsha no Uta), [1] or "Song of Katyusha", [2] is a Japanese song which was highly popular in early-20th century Japan. It was composed in the major pentatonic scale by Shinpei Nakayama [ 3 ] with lyrics by Soeda Azenbō . [ 4 ]
The song topped the Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs, [3] and subsequently peaked at number four on the Japan Hot 100 [4] and number two on the Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan. [5] The English version, translated by Penthouse [ ja ] 's Shintaro Naomika, was released on July 31.
Sōran Bushi (ソーラン節) is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the fishermen of Hokkaido . The commonly known version of the song and dance is called Nanchū Sōran ( 南中ソーラン ) and was created in 1991 at the Wakkanai Minami Junior High School.
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Many Japanese students, who must sing the song at entrance and graduation ceremonies, say they cannot understand the old and obsolete language of the lyrics and are not educated on its historical uses. [41] Controversies surrounding the use of the anthem in school events still remain.
The Japanese version is an approximate translation from the English original. [8] The album liner notes includes a translation credit: "With special thanks to our Japanese friend and interpreter Chika Kujiraoka."
The composition and translation of tanka in English begins at the end of the nineteenth century in England and the United States. Translations into English of classic Japanese tanka (traditionally known as waka) date back at least to the 1865 translation of the classic Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (c. early 13th century); an early publication of originally English tanka dates to 1899.