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Nikkyô Music Sheet (Nikkyô gakufu) No.156
日響楽譜No.156 赤い夕日に
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By the Red Sunset (Akai yȗhi ni)
Nikkyô Music Sheet (Nikkyô gakufu) No.156
日響楽譜No.156 赤い夕日に
Designer: Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891 – 1955)
Composer: Yamada Kōsaku (Japanese, 1886 – 1965)
Lyricist: Kitahara Hakushū (Japanese, 1885 – 1942)
Publisher: Nihon kōkyōgaku kyōkai shuppanbu (Nikkyō shuppan kyōkai)
Composer: Yamada Kōsaku (Japanese, 1886 – 1965)
Lyricist: Kitahara Hakushū (Japanese, 1885 – 1942)
Publisher: Nihon kōkyōgaku kyōkai shuppanbu (Nikkyō shuppan kyōkai)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1928 (Shôwa 3), July 12
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 30 × 22.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1132.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“By the red sunset, somehow, led here
Drunk, departing from the café,
Although I am just an idle man
What matter if I’m in the grave tomorrow?"
“By the red sunset, somehow, led here
Drunk, departing from the café,
Although I am just an idle man
What matter if I’m in the grave tomorrow?"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)