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Nihon no Uta Hyakusen (日本の歌百選 is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Parents-Teachers Association of Japan . A poll was held in 2006 choosing the songs from a list of 895. The results were announced in 2007. Although it is called a compilation of 100 songs, the list includes 101 songs.
The idea for the compilation came from famed psychologist and agency chief Hayao Kawai , to prevent juvenile delinquency and to combat the "weakening" of Japan's shared cultural heritage. The agency released a CD and a songbook with printed melodies for all 101 songs to be used in public schools.[ 1] Asahi Shimbun [ 2]
The composer and lyricist for several songs published by the Japanese Ministry of Education in the early 1900s are unknown.
The songs are numbered by the Japanese syllabary in gojūon ordering.
No.
Japanese title
English title (rōmaji )
Date
Lyricist/translator
Composer
Notes
仰げば尊し
Aogeba tōtoshi 1884
Fumihiko Ōtsuki , Satomi Tadashi, Kabe IwaoH.N.D.
赤い靴 Akai Kutsu 1922
Ujō Noguchi Nagayo Motoori
赤とんぼ Akatombo 1927
Rofū Miki Kōsaku Yamada
朝はどこから Asa wa doko kara 1946
Masaru Mori Kunihiko Hashimoto
あの町この町 Ano machi kono machi 1924
Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
あめふり Amefuri 1925
Hakushū Kitahara Shinpei Nakayama
雨降りお月さん Amefuri otsukisan 1925
Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
あめふりくまのこ Amefuri kuma no ko 1962
Masao Tsurumi Akira Yuyama 湯山昭 )
いい日旅立ち Ii Hi Tabidachi 1978
Shinji Tanimura Shinji Tanimura
いつでも夢を Itsudemo yume o 1962
Takao Saeki 佐伯孝夫 )Tadashi Yoshida 吉田正 )
犬のおまわりさん Inu no omawarisan 1960
Yoshimi Satō (佐藤義美 )Megumi Ohnaka
上を向いて歩こう
Ue o muite arukō 1961
Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura also known as "Sukiyaki" originally sung by Kyu Sakamoto
海 Umi 1941
Ryūha Hayashi 林柳波 )Takeshi Inoue 井上武士 )
うれしいひなまつり Ureshii hinamatsuri 1935
Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー )Kōyō Kawamura 河村光陽 )
江戸子守唄
Edo Lullaby Edo period
traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
おうま Ouma 1941
Ryūha Hayashi 林柳波 )Tsune Matsushima
大きな栗の木の下で Ōkina kurinoki no shita de
melody "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree", traditional English folk song Jaromír Weinberger composed an orchestral work based on the tune in 1939.
大きな古時計
Ōkina furudokei 1940
Kōgo Hotomi 保富康午 ) after Henry Clay Work Henry Clay Work melody "My Grandfather's Clock " (1876), American popular song
おかあさん
Okaasan 1954
Nana Tanaka Yoshinao Nakada
お正月 Oshōgatsu 1901
Kume Higashi 東くめ )Rentarō Taki
おはなしゆびさん
Ohanashiyubisan 1962
Yoshiko Kōyama (香山美子 )Akira Yuyama 湯山昭 )
朧月夜 Oborozuki yo 1914
Tatsuyuki Takano 高野辰之 [ja ] )Teiichi Okano
思い出のアルバム Omoide no album 1981
Masuko Toshi Tetsuma Honda
おもちゃのチャチャチャ Omocha no chachacha 1962
Akiyuki Nosaka Osamu Yoshioka Nobuyoshi Koshibe 越部信義 )
かあさんの歌 Kaasan no uta 1954
Satoshi Kubota 窪田聡 )Satoshi Kubota 窪田聡 )
風
Kaze 1921
Yaso Saijō 西條八十 ) after Christina Rossetti Shin Kusakawa
肩たたき Kata tataki 1923
Yaso Saijō 西條八十 )Shinpei Nakayama
かもめの水兵さん Kamome no Suihei-san 1937
Toshiko Takeuchi 武内俊子 )Kōyō Kawamura 河村光陽 )
からたちの花 Karatachi no hana 1925
Hakushū Kitahara Kōsaku Yamada
川の流れのように
Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni 1989
Yasushi Akimoto Akira Mitake
汽車 Kisha 1912
Ministry of Education
汽車ポッポ Kisha poppo 1938
Kaoru Fuhara 富原薫 )Shin Kusakawa
今日の日はさようなら Kyō no hi wa sayōnara 1966
Shōichi Kaneko 金子詔一 )Shōichi Kaneko 金子詔一 )
靴が鳴る Kutsu ga naru 1919
Katsura Shimizu Ryūtarō Hirota
こいのぼり
Koinobori 1931
Miyako Kondō 近藤宮子 )composer unknown
高校三年生 Koko sannensei 1963
Toshio Oka 丘灯至夫 )Minoru Endo 遠藤実 )
荒城の月
Kōjō no tsuki 1901
Bansui Doi 土井晩翠 )Rentarō Taki
秋桜 Cosmos 1977
Masashi Sada Masashi Sada sung by Momoe Yamaguchi
この道 Kono michi 1927
Hakushū Kitahara Kōsaku Yamada
こんにちは赤ちゃん Konnichiwa akachan 1963
Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura
さくら貝の歌
Sakuragai no uta 1949
Kajō Tsuchiya Hideaki Yashima 八洲秀章 )
さくらさくら
Sakura Sakura 1888
traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
サッちゃん
Satchan 1959
Hiroo Sakata 阪田寛夫 )Megumi Ohnaka
里の秋 Sato no aki 1945
Nomuo Saito 斎藤信夫 )Minoru Kainuma 海沼實 )
幸せなら手をたたこう
Shiawase nara te o tatakō 1964
Rihito Kimura melody "If You're Happy and You Know It ", traditional Spanish (or Latvian, or American) folk song
叱られて
Shikararete 1972
Katsura Shimizu Ryūtarō Hirota
四季の歌 Shiki no uta 1970?
Toyohisa Araki 荒木とよひさ )Toyohisa Araki 荒木とよひさ )
時代
Jidai 1975
Miyuki Nakajima Miyuki Nakajima
シャボン玉
Shabondama 1922
Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
ずいずいずっころばし Zuizui zukkorobashi Warabe uta ; lyricist and composer unknown
スキー
Sukī (Skiing)1942
Otowa Shigure 時雨音羽 )Kōzaburō Hirai
背くらべ Seikurabe 1923
Atsushi Unno 海野厚 )Shinpei Nakayama
世界に一つだけの花 Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana 2003
Noriyuki Makihara Noriyuki Makihara
ぞうさん Zō-san 1953
Michio Mado Ikuma Dan
早春賦 Sōshunfu 1913
Kazumasa Yoshimaru 吉丸一昌 )Akira Nakada 中田章 )
たきび Takibi 1941
Seika Tatsumi 巽聖歌 )Shigeru Watanabe 渡辺茂 )
ちいさい秋みつけた Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa 1955
Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー )Yoshinao Nakada
茶摘み Chatsumi 1912
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
チューリップ
Chūrippu (Tulip)1932
Miyako Kondō 近藤宮子 )Takeshi Inoue 井上武士 )
月の沙漠 Tsuki no sabaku 1923
Masao Katō 加藤まさを )Suguru Sasaki 佐々木すぐる )
翼をください Tsubasa o Kudasai 1971
Michio Yamagami 山上路夫 )Kunihiko Murai 村井邦彦 )
手のひらを太陽に Te no hira o taiyō ni 1961
Takashi Yanase やなせたかし )Taku Izumi いずみたく )
通りゃんせ
Tōryanse Edo period
Warabe uta ; lyricist and composer unknown
どこかで春が
Doko ka de haru ga 1923
Sōji Momota 百田宗治 )Shin Kusakawa
ドレミのうた
Do-Re-Mi 1959
Peggy Hayama Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers from the musical The Sound of Music
どんぐりころころ Donguri korokoro Taishō period
Nagayoshi Aoki 青木存義 )Tadashi Yanada
とんぼのめがね Tonbo no megane 1949
Seishi Nukaga Kōzaburo Hirai
ないしょ話
Naisho banashi 1939
Yoshio Yūki Yasuharu Yamaguchi 山口保治 )
涙そうそう
Nada Sōsō 1998
Ryōko Moriyama BEGIN original Okinawan language lyrics by BEGIN
夏の思い出 Natsu no omoide 1949
Shōko Ema 江間章子 )Yoshinao Nakada
夏は来ぬ Natsu wa kinu 1896
Nobutsuna Sasaki Sakunosuke Koyama
七つの子
Nanatsu no Ko 1921
Ujō Noguchi Nagayo Motoori
花〜すべての人の心に花を〜 Hana: Subete no hito no kokoro ni hana o 1980
Shoukichi Kina Shoukichi Kina
花 Hana 1900
Hagoromo Takeshima 武島羽衣 )Rentarō Taki
花の街 Hana no machi 1947
Shōko Ema 江間章子 )Ikuma Dan
埴生の宿 Hanyū no yado 1889
Tadashi Satomi John Howard Payne Henry Bishop melody "Home! Sweet Home! " from the opera Clari, Maid of Milan (1823)
浜千鳥
Hamachidori 1919
Meishū Kashima Ryūtarō Hirota
浜辺の歌
Hamabe no uta 1916
Kokei Hayashi 林古渓 )Tamezō Narita
春が来た Haru ga kita 1910
Tatsuyuki Takano 高野辰之 [ja ] )Teiichi Okano
春の小川 Haru no ogawa 1912
Tatsuyuki Takano 高野辰之 [ja ] )Teiichi Okano
ふじの山 Fuji no yama 1911
Sazanami Iwaya 巌谷小波 )Ministry of Education
冬景色 Fuyugeshiki 1913
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
冬の星座 Fuyu no seiza 1947
Keizō Horiuchi 堀内敬三 )William Shakespeare Hays melody "Mollie Darling " (1871), American popular song
故郷
Furusato 1914
Tatsuyuki Takano 高野辰之 [ja ] )Teiichi Okano
蛍の光
Hotaru no Hikari 1881
Chikai Inagaki 稲垣千穎 )melody "Auld Lang Syne ", traditional Scottish song
牧場の朝 Makiba no asa 1932
Sojinkan Sugimura 杉村楚人冠 )Eikichi Funabashi
見上げてごらん夜の星を
Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o 1963
Rokusuke Ei Taku Izumi いずみたく )
みかんの花咲く丘 Mikan no hana saku oka 1946
Shōgo Katō 加藤省吾 )Minoru Kainuma 海沼實 )
蟲のこゑ Mushi no koe 1910
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
むすんでひらいて Musunde hiraite 1947
Ministry of Education
Jean-Jacques Rousseau melody "Go Tell Aunt Rhody " from the opera Le devin du village
村祭
Muramatsuri 1942
Shigeru Kuzuhara Yoshie Minami 南能衛 )
めだかの学校 Medaka no gakkō 1950
Shigeru Chaki Yoshinao Nakada
もみじ Momiji 1911
Tatsuyuki Takano 高野辰之 [ja ] )Teiichi Okano
椰子の実 Yashinomi 1936
Tōson Shimazaki Toraji Ōnaka (大中寅二 )
夕日
Yūhi 1921
Shigeru Kuzuhara Kingetsu Murozaki
夕焼小焼 Yūyake koyake 1923
Ukō Nakamura 中村雨紅 )Shin Kusakawa
雪 Yuki 1911
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
揺籃のうた Yurikago no uta 1921
Hakushū Kitahara Shin Kusakawa
旅愁 Ryoshū 1907
Kyūkei Indō 犬童球渓 ) after John P. Ordway John P. Ordway melody "Dreaming of Home and Mother" (1851), American popular song
100
リンゴの唄 Ringo no uta 1945
Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー )Tadashi Manjōme 万城目正 )from the 1945 film Soyokaze (そよかぜ directed by Yasushi Sasaki
101
われは海の子 Ware wa umi no ko 1910
Kōichirō Miyahara 宮原晃一郎 )Ministry of Education
