Umi yukaba
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Umi yukaba (Japanese 海行かば) is a Japanese patriotic song based on a waka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū. As set to music in 1937 by Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時潔) it was popular during and after World War II
[edit] Lyrics
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Umi yukabaa |
If I go away to the sea |
海行かば水 |
(Kimi means 'you', but it is also understood to mean "the Emperor of Japan", especially in this context.)
Umi Yukaba was sung before takeoff by many Kamikaze suicide attack pilots in the final stages of the Pacific War.
Umi Yukaba is also the name of a 1983 Japanese film.
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[edit] External links
- Flash animation and music
- Umi Yukaba from Victory in the Pacific, PBS documentary on World War II
- About Umi yukaba in Japanese only
- Nihonkai daikaisen: Umi yukaba from IMDB
- The Emperor and Empress's Visit to Saipan account of an elderly Chamorro man singing Umi yukaba
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