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is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Parents-Teachers Association of Japan.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 60 relations: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Akai Kutsu, Akatombo, Aogeba Tōtoshi, Auld Lang Syne, Ōtsuki Fumihiko, Begin (band), Christina Rossetti, Do-Re-Mi, Edo Lullaby, Edo period, Furusato (children's song), Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Gojūon, Hayao Kawai, Henry Clay Work, Home! Sweet Home!, Hotaru no Hikari, If You're Happy and You Know It, Jaromír Weinberger, Jidai (Miyuki Nakajima song), John Howard Payne, John P. Ordway, Juvenile delinquency, Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni, Kōjō no Tsuki, Kyu Sakamoto, Le devin du village, Megumi Ohnaka, Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Modern kana usage, Momoe Yamaguchi, My Grandfather's Clock, Nada Sōsō, Nanatsu no Ko, Nursery rhyme, Okinawan language, Osamu Yoshioka, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Ringo no Uta (Michiko Namiki and Noboru Kirishima song), Romanization of Japanese, Sakura Sakura, Satchan, Sōshunfu, Shabondama, Song, Sukiyaki (song), Taishō era, ... Expand index (10 more) »

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Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Akai Kutsu

is a well-known Japanese children's poem written in 1922 by poet Ujō Noguchi. Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Akai Kutsu are Japanese songs.

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Akatombo

(also transliterated as Akatombo, Aka Tombo, Aka Tonbo, or Aka Tomba) is a famous Japanese children's song (dōyō) composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki.

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Aogeba Tōtoshi

is a song sung at graduation ceremonies in Japan. Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Aogeba Tōtoshi are Japanese songs.

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Auld Lang Syne

"Auld Lang Syne" is a popular Scottish song, particularly in the English-speaking world.

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Ōtsuki Fumihiko

was a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian.

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Begin (band)

is a Japanese pop rock group from Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Christina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember".

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Do-Re-Mi

"Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

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Edo Lullaby

Edo Lullaby (江戸子守唄 or Edo komoriuta) is a traditional Japanese cradle song.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Furusato (children's song)

is a well-known 1914 Japanese children's song, with music by Teiichi Okano and lyrics by. Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Furusato (children's song) are Japanese songs.

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Go Tell Aunt Rhody

"Go Tell Aunt Rhody" is an English language folk song of nineteenth-century American origin.

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Gojūon

In the Japanese language, the is a traditional system ordering kana characters by their component phonemes, roughly analogous to alphabetical order.

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Hayao Kawai

(1928–2007) was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as "the founder of Japanese Analytical and Clinical Psychology".

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Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832, Middletown – June 8, 1884, Hartford) was an American songwriter and composer of the mid-19th century.

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Home! Sweet Home!

"Home! Sweet Home!" is a song adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan. The song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne.

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Hotaru no Hikari

is a Japanese song incorporating the tune of Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne with completely different lyrics by Chikai Inagaki, first introduced in a collection of singing songs for elementary school students in 1881 (Meiji 14). Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Hotaru no Hikari are Japanese songs.

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If You're Happy and You Know It

"If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular traditional repetitive children's song, folksong, and drinking song.

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Jaromír Weinberger

Jaromír Weinberger (8 January 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Bohemian born Jewish subject of the Austrian Empire, who became a naturalized American composer.

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Jidai (Miyuki Nakajima song)

is a 1975 song by Miyuki Nakajima.

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John Howard Payne

John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London.

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John P. Ordway

John Pond Ordway (August 1, 1824 – April 27, 1880) was an American medical doctor, composer, music entrepreneur, and politician.

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Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority.

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Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni

is the last single recorded by Japanese enka singer Hibari Misora, as she died soon after its release in 1989. Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni are Japanese songs.

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Kōjō no Tsuki

is a Japanese song written in the Meiji period.

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Kyu Sakamoto

, legally registered as since 1956, was a Japanese singer and actor.

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Le devin du village

Le devin du village ("The Village Soothsayer") is a one-act French opera (intermède) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who also wrote the libretto.

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Megumi Ohnaka

Megumi Ohnaka (大中恩), who also used the pseudonym Ai Tsuchida (July 24, 1924 - December 3, 2018), was a Japanese composer known for his children's songs (doyo) and choruses, as well as his live "Song Song" parties, which he began in 1961.

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Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o

"Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo" (見上げてごらん夜の星を "Look up at the stars in the night") is a 1963 hit song performed by a Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto.

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the government of Japan.

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Modern kana usage

is the present official kanazukai (system of spelling the Japanese syllabary).

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Momoe Yamaguchi

, known by her maiden name, is a Japanese former singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980.

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My Grandfather's Clock

"Grandfather's Clock" (popularly known as "My Grandfather's Clock") is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia".

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Nada Sōsō

is a song written by Japanese band Begin and singer Ryoko Moriyama.

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Nanatsu no Ko

is a popular Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居長世 Motoori Nagayo).

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Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century.

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Okinawan language

The Okinawan language (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ) or Central Okinawan is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni and a number of smaller peripheral islands.

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Osamu Yoshioka

was a renowned Japanese lyricist.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater.

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Ringo no Uta (Michiko Namiki and Noboru Kirishima song)

is a song featured in the 1945 Japanese film Soyokaze.

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Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.

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Sakura Sakura

, also known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Sakura Sakura are Japanese songs.

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Satchan

"" is a Japanese children's song composed in 1959 and is well known there.

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Sōshunfu

is the tenth and final studio album by Japanese idol trio Candies, released through CBS Sony on March 21, 1978.

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Shabondama

is a 1922 Japanese nursery rhyme (''warabe uta'') composed by Shinpei Nakayama with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi.

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Song

A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice.

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Sukiyaki (song)

, alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961.

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Taishō era

The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.

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Takibi

Takibi is a Japanese bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

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Tōryanse

is the name of the traditional Japanese children's tune (warabe uta). Nihon no Uta Hyakusen and Tōryanse are Japanese songs.

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The Asahi Shimbun

is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

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Tsubasa o Kudasai

is a popular Japanese folk song written by and composed by.

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Umi (song)

Umi (海 / Ocean) is the thirteenth domestic single released by the Japanese hip-hop group Lead.

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Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree

Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree is a set of variations, with fugue, for orchestra composed in 1939 by Jaromír Weinberger.

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Warabe uta

are traditional Japanese songs, similar to nursery rhymes.

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Yasushi Sasaki

(25 January 1908 – 13 September 1993), aka Kō Sasaki, was a Japanese film director.

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Yomiuri Shimbun

The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.

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See also

Lists of musical works

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_no_Uta_Hyakusen

Also known as 100 Japanese Songs, One Hundred Japanese Songs.

, Takibi, Tōryanse, The Asahi Shimbun, The Sound of Music, Tsubasa o Kudasai, Umi (song), Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree, Warabe uta, Yasushi Sasaki, Yomiuri Shimbun.