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Victor Harmonica Music Sheet (Vikutȃ hȃmonika gakufu) No. 14
ビクターハーモニカ楽譜 No.14 海のメロディー
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Song of the Manchuria Vanguard (Manshȗ zen’ei no uta)
Victor Harmonica Music Sheet (Vikutȃ hȃmonika gakufu) No. 14
ビクターハーモニカ楽譜 No.14 海のメロディー
Designer: Saitô Kazô (Japanese, 1887 – 1955)
Composer: Sassa Kôka (Japanese, 1886 – 1961)
Arranger: Matsuhara Chikashi (Japanese, born in 1905)
Lyricist: Noguchi Ujô (Japanese, 1882 – 1945)
Publisher: Vikutȃ shuppansha (Japanese)
Composer: Sassa Kôka (Japanese, 1886 – 1961)
Arranger: Matsuhara Chikashi (Japanese, born in 1905)
Lyricist: Noguchi Ujô (Japanese, 1882 – 1945)
Publisher: Vikutȃ shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1929 (Shôwa 4)
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.8 × 18.9 cm (10 9/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1129
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"West is the continent, the road to Europe
The place where the red sun goes down
In vast, endless southern Manchuria
Liaodong Peninsula is our country’s vanguard
Look! the water from the wharf of Dairen
A narrow strip of water, east is our country
In a towering rage, the Genkai Sea too
The beautiful sky’s moon is a ‘chandelier’
Iniquity must be subjugated, justice is strong
Our country is glorious, we’re the vanguard
Our hearts beat, and resonate with the earth
Pegasus ascends the sky, wings too dance."
"West is the continent, the road to Europe
The place where the red sun goes down
In vast, endless southern Manchuria
Liaodong Peninsula is our country’s vanguard
Look! the water from the wharf of Dairen
A narrow strip of water, east is our country
In a towering rage, the Genkai Sea too
The beautiful sky’s moon is a ‘chandelier’
Iniquity must be subjugated, justice is strong
Our country is glorious, we’re the vanguard
Our hearts beat, and resonate with the earth
Pegasus ascends the sky, wings too dance."
Marks
marked “S Kazō” at bottom right
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)