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"Kimigayo" is the national anthem of Japan.The lyrics are from a waka poem written by an unnamed author in the Heian period (794–1185), [1] and the current melody was chosen in 1880, [2] replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton in 1869.
Gunka (軍歌, lit. ' military song ') is the Japanese term for military music. While in standard use in Japan it applies both to Japanese songs and foreign songs such as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", as an English language category it refers to songs produced by the Empire of Japan in between roughly 1877 and 1943.
The song was first publicly performed the same year at a concert hosted by the Greater Japan Music Society at the Rokumeikan. It was considered the first Western-style military song in Japan and the first to become popular across the country, although it was initially believed to be difficult to sing for Japanese unaccustomed to modulation. [2]
Cover for Eckert's notes of the new national anthem. Designed by Curt Netto in 1880. Franz Eckert (5 April 1852 – 6 August 1916) [1] was a German composer and musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimigayo" and the national anthem of the Korean Empire, "Aegukga".
The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.
Prefecture official song: "Saga kenmin no uta" (佐賀県民の歌, lit. Saga Prefecture people's song) 1974: This song is the second anthem. Lyric: Quasi-prefectural song: "Kaze wa mirai iro" (風はみらい色, lit. The wind is the color of the future) 1993: Lyric: Saga country song: "Sakae no kuni kara" (栄の国から, lit. From Sakae ...
The new style of songs were called dōyō, and they are not merely children's songs but also art songs for adults. Yamada's collection, 100 Children's Songs by Kosaku Yamada, was published in 1927 in the early months of the Shōwa period of the Empire of Japan, and established an enduring style of Japanese song. [6] [8]
"Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by the Stranglers from the Black and White album (1978). (Death and Night and Blood is the phrase from Mishima's novel Confessions of a Mask) [320] "Forbidden Colours", a song on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto with lyrics by David Sylvian (1983).