Labels:text | newspaper | font | publication | document | newsprint | black and white | paper OCR: Kimigayo: National Anthem Of Nippon THE most important medium through which the people of a nation can express their loyal sen- liments to their beloved sovereign and their country is the National Anthem. Therefore on the shoulders of the men who are set the task of selecting the piece and setting it to music rest a responsibility of National importance. It might therefore come as a surprise to many that until the Melli Era Nippon did not have a Tentyo-Setu National Anthem. n. At this thinc a body of famous Nippon scholars were assigned to select a piece I# Syonan-to and Malay Officer's Own Story Of from the national treasury of Peninsula poetry and set it to music. In the selection of the music th In We celebrate to-day Tentyo-Setu, the Birthday scholars were assisted by a West- of our Emperor. With hearts so guy; Malayan Campaign ern musiclan of note, Herr Franck Eckert, Eckert was a German To those who sacrificed and was Director of the Marine their lives Band from 1879-98. He also as- Due homage give, Bisted to found the band of the In loyalty uphold the Flag Toyoma Gakko (Army Music That makes us live. Academy). Eckert also did a -G. H. BLOK Tokyo, April 28, Domei. ALL the metropolitan morning newspapers, quoting an un- great deal in the establishment " disclosed commander of a corps which played an import- of the band of the Imperial Guards. her outlook, the music was har- ant part in the Malayan campaign, prominently featured a The scholarly body of selectors monized and arranged for West- detailed account of the Nippon military operations in the were Indeed faced with no casy ern musical Instruments. Herr west coast areas of the Malay Peninsula which led to the task. They had to find a piece Eckert assisted in this formid- surrender of Singapore Feb. 15. that would appeal to the nation able task. as a whole and not only to a few In the In the national anthem # t was revealed that the tive method of dealing with the enemy. scholars. The piece they select- found the secret of Nippon cul- Malayan people willingly offered namely. mobilities a combination of ei had to Interpret fully the ture, philosophy and thought. sentiments of the nation. The words were written a long every possible service they could Lafantry, tank and artillery units. This to our advancing forces. method proved successful and by Jan- One of the most popular forms time before the world was aware The that where the sun rises there commander said that the peace- uary 25 we penetrated into five enemy of poetry in Nippon consists of was a nation of highly cultured Tul advance of our troops into defence lines. the 31 letters. This form Thailand started following Thal- "During this campaign, Our troops land's agreement to the passage captured a number of enemy troops of poetry is called "Waka" in Nip- men and women, the music is whom one Tuttith soldier sald that our pon-go. Recently it has been comparatively modern. of the Nippon forces which was Below is given the Romanised granted at 11 a.m. on Dec. 8 last troops were so ubiquitous that their ad- referred to as "Tanka." It con- vorarics did not Imnow how to defend sists of five lines of respectively version of the Kimigayo and its their lines, adding that the "Indian 5. 7. 5. 7. 7 letters. Some of the literal English translation. After advancing from Sobriya bordes troops were reduced to such a state most famous pieces of Nippon THE KIMIGAYO over 450 kilometers, his troops reached of nervousness that they mistook fure- poetry have been written in this Bangkok where they were greeted by Alles for our troops on night allncis and this robbed them of their Sleep. that form. So it is not surprising Kimi ga Yo wa. the Thal and Nippon-lin waving flags Our artillery fire was so accurate that Chiyo ni Yachiyo nl which virtually engulfed our troops He said that after spending the now there was no escaping from it. Moro- Sturch alter long and assiduous and study the present Sazare Ishi no Trar in the Thal capital his troops for over, our army made nothing of National Anthem, the Kimigayo, Iwao to narite. the first time engaged an enemy forco legolinking even the almost impass- was found in the famous Kokin- Koke no musu made along the Perak river. The comman- able jungles, and crossing rivers in- Thousands of years of happy fested with crocodilos." Shu Anthology of Waka Flocos. der's story continues: BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE WEAK The Kimigayo's quiet dignity "Around January 10 wo concentrat- and its imposing sentiment ap- reign be Thine; Rule on, my Lord, till what are td our troops ground Ipoh and thea continued to advance, breaking the "The experience of actual fighting pealed to the scholars. pebbles now, showed that the British soldiers were The selection of the piece By age united to mighty rocks entmay resistance. The steret of our operations along the coast lay in cut- very weak and the Australian souliers meant that the task was only shall grow ting off the enemy forces by making comparatively stronger than the me |half done. There was yet the Whose venerable sides the moss dlant, Although the Australians were found to be the strongest of all. they doth line. surprise attacks on them. We were on equally important task of setting the merch continuously for three days from January 12 to 15, with an ea- were savage most savage of all the 14 to music, At that time West- The Kimigayo was played for troops, capable of doing anything, even ern Music was not widespread In the flist time at court forced march of over 120 kilometers Plunder, burglary and all kinds of Nippon, But day by day becoming Tentyo-Setu of Melzi-Tenno per day. with the shortest distance covered being 00 kilometers, When we criminal offence. There was no love (Emperor Melzi) in 1880. Bout between the Australian and Indian more and more international in |(Emperor Melzi) in 1880.
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