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Nihon no Uta Hyakusen (日本の歌百選 , "collection of 100 Japanese songs") 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] The Asahi Shimbun used this list to compile a list of 15 most endangered children's songs.[ 2]
The composer and lyricist for several songs published by the Japanese Ministry of Education in the early 1900s are unknown.
The songs
The songs are numbered by the Japanese syllabary in gojūon ordering.
No.
Japanese title
English title (rōmaji )
Date
Lyricist/translator
Composer
Notes
1
仰げば尊し
Aogeba tōtoshi
1884
Fumihiko Ōtsuki , Satomi Tadashi, Kabe Iwao
H.N.D.
2
赤い靴
Akai Kutsu
1922
Ujō Noguchi
Nagayo Motoori
3
赤とんぼ
Akatombo
1927
Rofū Miki
Kōsaku Yamada
4
朝はどこから
Asa wa doko kara
1946
Masaru Mori (森まさる)
Kunihiko Hashimoto
5
あの町この町
Ano machi kono machi
1924
Ujō Noguchi
Shinpei Nakayama
6
あめふり
Amefuri
1925
Hakushū Kitahara
Shinpei Nakayama
7
雨降りお月さん
Amefuri otsukisan
1925
Ujō Noguchi
Shinpei Nakayama
8
あめふりくまのこ
Amefuri kuma no ko
1962
Masao Tsurumi (鶴見正夫)
Akira Yuyama (湯山昭 )
9
いい日旅立ち
Ii Hi Tabidachi
1978
Shinji Tanimura
Shinji Tanimura
10
いつでも夢を
Itsudemo yume o
1962
Takao Saeki (佐伯孝夫 )
Tadashi Yoshida (吉田正 )
11
犬のおまわりさん
Inu no omawarisan
1960
Yoshimi Satō (佐藤義美 )
Megumi Ohnaka
12
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
13
海
Umi
1941
Ryūha Hayashi (林柳波 )
Takeshi Inoue (井上武士 )
14
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 )
15
江戸子守唄
Edo Lullaby
Edo period
traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
16
おうま
Ouma
1941
Ryūha Hayashi (林柳波 )
Tsune Matsushima (松島つね)
17
大きな栗の木の下で
Ōkina kurinoki no shita de
melody "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree", traditional English folk song lyricist unknown Jaromír Weinberger composed an orchestral work based on the tune in 1939.
18
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
19
おかあさん
Okaasan
1954
Nana Tanaka (田中ナナ)
Yoshinao Nakada
20
お正月
Oshōgatsu
1901
Kume Higashi (東くめ )
Rentarō Taki
21
おはなしゆびさん
Ohanashiyubisan
1962
Yoshiko Kōyama (香山美子 )
Akira Yuyama (湯山昭 )
22
朧月夜
Oborozuki yo
1914
Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja ] )
Teiichi Okano
23
思い出のアルバム
Omoide no album
1981
Masuko Toshi (増子とし)
Tetsuma Honda (本多鉄麿)
24
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 )
25
かあさんの歌
Kaasan no uta
1954
Satoshi Kubota (窪田聡 )
Satoshi Kubota (窪田聡 )
26
風
Kaze
1921
Yaso Saijō (西條八十 ) after Christina Rossetti
Shin Kusakawa
27
肩たたき
Kata tataki
1923
Yaso Saijō (西條八十 )
Shinpei Nakayama
28
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 )
29
からたちの花
Karatachi no hana
1925
Hakushū Kitahara
Kōsaku Yamada
30
川の流れのように
Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni
1989
Yasushi Akimoto
Akira Mitake
31
汽車
Kisha
1912
Ministry of Education
Aira Ōwada (大和田愛羅)
32
汽車ポッポ
Kisha poppo
1938
Kaoru Fuhara (富原薫 )
Shin Kusakawa
33
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 )
34
靴が鳴る
Kutsu ga naru
1919
Katsura Shimizu (清水かつら)
Ryūtarō Hirota
35
こいのぼり
Koinobori
1931
Miyako Kondō (近藤宮子 )
composer unknown
36
高校三年生
Koko sannensei
1963
Toshio Oka (丘灯至夫 )
Minoru Endo (遠藤実 )
37
荒城の月
Kōjō no tsuki
1901
Bansui Doi (土井晩翠 )
Rentarō Taki
38
秋桜
Cosmos
1977
Masashi Sada
Masashi Sada
sung by Momoe Yamaguchi
39
この道
Kono michi
1927
Hakushū Kitahara
Kōsaku Yamada
40
こんにちは赤ちゃん
Konnichiwa akachan
1963
Rokusuke Ei
Hachidai Nakamura
41
さくら貝の歌
Sakuragai no uta
1949
Kajō Tsuchiya (土屋花情)
Hideaki Yashima (八洲秀章 )
42
さくらさくら
Sakura Sakura
1888
traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
43
サッちゃん
Satchan
1959
Hiroo Sakata (阪田寛夫 )
Megumi Ohnaka
44
里の秋
Sato no aki
1945
Nomuo Saito (斎藤信夫 )
Minoru Kainuma (海沼實 )
45
幸せなら手をたたこう
Shiawase nara te o tatakō
1964
Rihito Kimura (木村利人)
melody "If You're Happy and You Know It ", traditional Spanish (or Latvian, or American) folk song
46
叱られて
Shikararete
1972
Katsura Shimizu (清水かつら)
Ryūtarō Hirota
47
四季の歌
Shiki no uta
1970?
Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ )
Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ )
48
時代
Jidai
1975
Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima
49
シャボン玉
Shabondama
1922
Ujō Noguchi
Shinpei Nakayama
50
ずいずいずっころばし
Zuizui zukkorobashi
Warabe uta ; lyricist and composer unknown
51
スキー
Sukī (Skiing)
1942
Otowa Shigure (時雨音羽 )
Kōzaburō Hirai
52
背くらべ
Seikurabe
1923
Atsushi Unno (海野厚 )
Shinpei Nakayama
53
世界に一つだけの花
Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana
2003
Noriyuki Makihara
Noriyuki Makihara
54
ぞうさん
Zō-san
1953
Michio Mado
Ikuma Dan
55
早春賦
Sōshunfu
1913
Kazumasa Yoshimaru (吉丸一昌 )
Akira Nakada (中田章 )
56
たきび
Takibi
1941
Seika Tatsumi (巽聖歌 )
Shigeru Watanabe (渡辺茂 )
57
ちいさい秋みつけた
Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa
1955
Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー )
Yoshinao Nakada
58
茶摘み
Chatsumi
1912
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
59
チューリップ
Chūrippu (Tulip)
1932
Miyako Kondō (近藤宮子 )
Takeshi Inoue (井上武士 )
60
月の沙漠
Tsuki no sabaku
1923
Masao Katō (加藤まさを )
Suguru Sasaki (佐々木すぐる )
61
翼をください
Tsubasa o Kudasai
1971
Michio Yamagami (山上路夫 )
Kunihiko Murai (村井邦彦 )
62
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 )
63
通りゃんせ
Tōryanse
Edo period
Warabe uta ; lyricist and composer unknown
64
どこかで春が
Doko ka de haru ga
1923
Sōji Momota (百田宗治 )
Shin Kusakawa
65
ドレミのうた
Do-Re-Mi
1959
Peggy Hayama after Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
from the musical The Sound of Music
66
どんぐりころころ
Donguri korokoro
Taishō period
Nagayoshi Aoki (青木存義 )
Tadashi Yanada
67
とんぼのめがね
Tonbo no megane
1949
Seishi Nukaga (額賀誠志)
Kōzaburo Hirai
68
ないしょ話
Naisho banashi
1939
Yoshio Yūki (結城よしを)
Yasuharu Yamaguchi (山口保治 )
69
涙そうそう
Nada Sōsō
1998
Ryōko Moriyama
BEGIN
original Okinawan language lyrics by BEGIN
70
夏の思い出
Natsu no omoide
1949
Shōko Ema (江間章子 )
Yoshinao Nakada
71
夏は来ぬ
Natsu wa kinu
1896
Nobutsuna Sasaki
Sakunosuke Koyama
72
七つの子
Nanatsu no Ko
1921
Ujō Noguchi
Nagayo Motoori
73
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
74
花
Hana
1900
Hagoromo Takeshima (武島羽衣 )
Rentarō Taki
75
花の街
Hana no machi
1947
Shōko Ema (江間章子 )
Ikuma Dan
76
埴生の宿
Hanyū no yado
1889
Tadashi Satomi (里見義) after John Howard Payne
Henry Bishop
melody "Home! Sweet Home! " from the opera Clari, Maid of Milan (1823)
77
浜千鳥
Hamachidori
1919
Meishū Kashima (鹿島鳴秋)
Ryūtarō Hirota
78
浜辺の歌
Hamabe no uta
1916
Kokei Hayashi (林古渓 )
Tamezō Narita
79
春が来た
Haru ga kita
1910
Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja ] )
Teiichi Okano
80
春の小川
Haru no ogawa
1912
Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja ] )
Teiichi Okano
81
ふじの山
Fuji no yama
1911
Sazanami Iwaya (巌谷小波 )
Ministry of Education
82
冬景色
Fuyugeshiki
1913
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
83
冬の星座
Fuyu no seiza
1947
Keizō Horiuchi (堀内敬三 )
William Shakespeare Hays
melody "Mollie Darling " (1871), American popular song
84
故郷
Furusato
1914
Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja ] )
Teiichi Okano
85
蛍の光
Hotaru no Hikari
1881
Chikai Inagaki (稲垣千穎 )
melody "Auld Lang Syne ", traditional Scottish song
86
牧場の朝
Makiba no asa
1932
Sojinkan Sugimura (杉村楚人冠 )
Eikichi Funabashi (船橋榮吉)
87
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 )
88
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 )
89
蟲のこゑ
Mushi no koe
1910
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
90
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 (1752)
91
村祭
Muramatsuri
1942
Shigeru Kuzuhara
Yoshie Minami (南能衛 )
92
めだかの学校
Medaka no gakkō
1950
Shigeru Chaki (茶木滋)
Yoshinao Nakada
93
もみじ
Momiji
1911
Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja ] )
Teiichi Okano
94
椰子の実
Yashinomi
1936
Tōson Shimazaki
Toraji Ōnaka (大中寅二 )
95
夕日
Yūhi
1921
Shigeru Kuzuhara
Kingetsu Murozaki (室崎琴月)
96
夕焼小焼
Yūyake koyake
1923
Ukō Nakamura (中村雨紅 )
Shin Kusakawa
97
雪
Yuki
1911
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
98
揺籃のうた
Yurikago no uta
1921
Hakushū Kitahara
Shin Kusakawa
99
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
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