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Yamada, Kōsaku : Akatonbo

Work Overview

Music ID : 18487
Composition Year：1927　
Instrumentation：Lied　
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：2 min 40 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Yano, Haruka

Last Updated: March 28, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

One of Japan's representative children's songs, with lyrics by Rofu Miki and music by Kosaku Yamada. It has also been selected for "Japan's Top 100 Songs" (a collection of lyrical and beloved songs, including children's songs, school songs, and popular songs, chosen by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japan PTA National Council, with the hope that parents and children will continue to sing them for generations).

The poem was published by Miki in August 1921 (Taisho 10), and Yamada composed the music in 1927 (Showa 2).

It is said that Miki created the poem from a sense of nostalgia for his childhood spent in his hometown. The lyrics are filled with a longing for the past, recalling old memories upon seeing red dragonflies at dusk.

Writer: Yano, Haruka

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Toda, Ai： Akatonbo

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Hirano, Mana： Akatombo (Red Dragonfly)

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