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Children’s Songs No. 1 (Kodomotachi no uta daiishȗ)
子供達の歌 第一集 赤い橇
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The Red Sleigh (Akai sori)
Children’s Songs No. 1 (Kodomotachi no uta daiishȗ)
子供達の歌 第一集 赤い橇
Publisher: Suwa Kageyoshi (Japanese, dates unknown)
Lyricist: Unno Atsushi (Japanese, 1896 – 1925)
Composer: Jujin Odashima (Japanese, 1885 – 1959)
Publisher: Hakubi shuppansha (Japanese)
Lyricist: Unno Atsushi (Japanese, 1896 – 1925)
Composer: Jujin Odashima (Japanese, 1885 – 1959)
Publisher: Hakubi shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1922 (Taishô 11)
Dimensions
Height x width: 26 × 18.9 cm (10 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1149
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“Kankarari, kankarari, chinkarakarari.
Bells of sleighs pass by ringing
Kankarari, kankarari, chinkarakarari.
They pass side by side, and pass again.
Bells are gold, sleighs are red.
Red sleighs with only children.
Snow falls, falls, ‘Christmas.’
Sansarari, sansarari, sansarasarari.
Snow falls while the bells are ringing,
Sansarari, sansarari, sansarasarari.
Bells ring while the snow is falling.
They pass by ringing, and pass again.
Streets are white, sleighs are red.
Bells too ring, ring, ‘Christmas.’"
“Kankarari, kankarari, chinkarakarari.
Bells of sleighs pass by ringing
Kankarari, kankarari, chinkarakarari.
They pass side by side, and pass again.
Bells are gold, sleighs are red.
Red sleighs with only children.
Snow falls, falls, ‘Christmas.’
Sansarari, sansarari, sansarasarari.
Snow falls while the bells are ringing,
Sansarari, sansarari, sansarasarari.
Bells ring while the snow is falling.
They pass by ringing, and pass again.
Streets are white, sleighs are red.
Bells too ring, ring, ‘Christmas.’"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)