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オリンピック派遣選手応援歌
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Fight Song for the Olympic Athletes (Orinpikku haken senshu ôenka)
オリンピック派遣選手応援歌
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Composer: Yamada Kôsaku (Japanese, 1886 – 1965)
Lyricist: Saito Ryū (Japanese, born in 1915)
Publisher: Nihon kôkyôgaku kyôkai shuppanbu (Nikkyô shuppan kyôkai)
Composer: Yamada Kôsaku (Japanese, 1886 – 1965)
Lyricist: Saito Ryū (Japanese, born in 1915)
Publisher: Nihon kôkyôgaku kyôkai shuppanbu (Nikkyô shuppan kyôkai)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1932 (Shôwa 7), May 28
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.5 × 19.2 cm (10 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1186.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"Run! on the earth, with all your might
Swim! fair and square, making a splash
All of your arms, all of your legs,
Belong to our Japan, our precious Japan’s
Arms! And Legs!
Jump! heroic, kicking the earth’s axis
Throw! majestic, high into the blue sky
All of your power, All of your spirit,
Belong to our Japan, Our shining Japan’s
Power! And spirit!
Lift! the national flag, into the green wind
Resound! the anthem, beyond the black current
All of your fame, All of your honor,
Belong to our Japan, Our young Japan’s
Fame! And honor!"
"Run! on the earth, with all your might
Swim! fair and square, making a splash
All of your arms, all of your legs,
Belong to our Japan, our precious Japan’s
Arms! And Legs!
Jump! heroic, kicking the earth’s axis
Throw! majestic, high into the blue sky
All of your power, All of your spirit,
Belong to our Japan, Our shining Japan’s
Power! And spirit!
Lift! the national flag, into the green wind
Resound! the anthem, beyond the black current
All of your fame, All of your honor,
Belong to our Japan, Our young Japan’s
Fame! And honor!"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)