Shussei Heishi o Okuru Uta

"Shussei Heishi wo Okuru Uta"
"Shussei Heishi wo Okuru Uta"
Song
Language	Japanese
English title	Song for Giving Warriors a Send-off
Released	October 1939
Length	3:18
Label	King
Composer	Isao Hayashi
Lyricist	Daisaburō Ikuta

"Shussei Heishi o Okuru Uta" (出征兵士を送る歌; Song for Giving Warriors a Send-off) is a Japanese gunka song composed by Isao Hayashi with lyrics by Daisaburō Ikuta. It was released by King Records in October 1939.^[1]^[2]

History

An accompanying music video was released in 1940.^[3] Recently, this song has been broadcast by sound trucks in Japan owned by uyoku dantai.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Lyrics


Japanese	Transliteration into rōmaji
わが大君に　召されたる生命光栄(はえ)ある　朝ぼらけ讃えて送る　一億の歓呼は高く　天を衝くいざ征(ゆ)け　つわもの日本男児! 華と咲く身の　感激を戎衣(じゅうい)の胸に　引き緊めて正義の軍(いくさ)　征くところたれか阻(はば)まん　その歩武(ほぶ)をいざ征け　つわもの日本男児! かがやく御旗(みはた)　先立て越ゆる勝利の　幾山河無敵日本の　武勲(いさおし)を世界に示す　ときぞ今いざ征け　つわもの日本男児! 守る銃後に　憂なし大和魂　ゆるぎなき國のかために　人の和に大磐石(だいばんじゃく)の　この備えいざ征け　つわもの日本男児! ああ万世の　大君に水漬(みず)き草むす　忠烈の誓致さん　秋至(ときいた)る勇ましいかな　この首途(かどで) いざ征け　つわもの日本男児! 父祖の血汐に　色映ゆる国の誉れの　日の丸を世紀の空に　燦然と揚げて築けや　新亞細亞いざ征け　つわもの日本男児!	Waga ōkimi ni mesare taru Seiinochi hae aru asaborake Tataete okuru ichi oku no Kanko wa takaku ten o tsuku Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji! Hana to saku mi no kangeki o Jūi no mune ni hiki chijimete Seigi no ikusa utsuku tokoro Tareka habaman sono hobu o Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji! Kagayaku mihata sakidate Koyuru shōri no iku sanga Muteki Nippon no isaoshi o Sekai ni shimesu toki zo ima Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji! Mamoru jūgo ni ureinashi Yamatodamashii yurugi naki Kuni no katame ni hito no wa ni Daibanjaku no kono sonae Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji! Ā bansei no ōkimi ni Mizu ki kusa musu chūretsu no Chikai itasan tokiitaru Isamashii ka a kono kadode Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji! Fuso no chishio ni iro hayuru Kuni no homare no hinomaru o Seiki no sora ni sanzen to Agete kizuke ya shin Ajia Iza yuke tsuwamono Nippon danji!

References

^ 出征兵士を送る歌 (in Japanese). January 1940. Retrieved 2019-06-14. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "出征兵士を送る歌". 西洋軍歌蒐集館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-29.
^ "出征兵士を送る歌". GeoCities (in Japanese). 28 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
^ "歌と戦争 14". 空席通信 (in Japanese). 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
^ "Song of the Rightwing Soundtruck". Metropolis Magazine. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
^ Nagahara, Hiromu (2017-04-10). Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents. Harvard University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780674978416.

[1] 出征兵士を送る歌 (in Japanese). January 1940. Retrieved 2019-06-14. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[2] "出征兵士を送る歌". 西洋軍歌蒐集館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-29.

[3] "出征兵士を送る歌". GeoCities (in Japanese). 28 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2017-07-29.

[4] "歌と戦争 14". 空席通信 (in Japanese). 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2017-07-29.

[5] "Song of the Rightwing Soundtruck". Metropolis Magazine. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2017-07-29.

[6] Nagahara, Hiromu (2017-04-10). Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents. Harvard University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780674978416.

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