Aikoku Kōshinkyoku

"Aikoku Kōshinkyoku" (愛國行進曲, Patriotic March) is a Japanese march composed by Tōkichi Setoguchi with lyrics by Yukio Morikawa. It was released in December 1937.[1]

"Aikoku Kōshinkyoku"
Song
LanguageJapanese
English titlePatriotic March
ReleasedDecember 1937 (1937-12)
GenreMarch
Composer(s)Tokichi Setoguchi
Lyricist(s)Yukio Morikawa

History

At the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Cabinet of Japan sponsored several public competitions for lyrics to Aikoku Kōshinkyoku in September 1937.[2] There were 57,578 entries for lyrics that were received, and Morikawa's entry was selected as the winner. For the music, 9,555 entries to accompany the lyrics were then received, and Setoguchi was declared the winner. Setoguchi was already a noted composer who had written the Gunkan kōshinkyoku, the official march of the Imperial Navy.

A few days after its release, Aikoku Kōshinkyoku sold a hundred thousand copies from six labels. It sold over a million by 1938.[3][4]

References
  1. "愛國行進曲". 西洋軍歌蒐集館. Retrieved 29 July 2017. (in Japanese)
  2. Ewbank, Alison J.; Papageorgiou, Fouli T. (1997). Whose Master's Voice?: The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 162.
  3. Galliano, Luciana (19 November 2002). Yogaku: Japanese Music in the 20th Century. Scarecrow Press. p. 117.
  4. Craig, Timothy J.; King, Richard (1 October 2010). Global Goes Local: Popular Culture in Asia. UBC Press. p. 234.
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