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Yuki no Shingun
Japanese military marching song From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Yuki no Shingun" (Japanese: 雪の進軍, lit. 'The Snow March') is a Japanese gunka composed in 1895 by Imperial Japanese Army musician Nagai Kenshi who reflected his experience in the Battle of Weihaiwei during the First Sino-Japanese War.[1][2] The song was banned in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and has since been used in many works of media including the 1977 film Mount Hakkoda.
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During the Battle of Weihaiwei, the Imperial Japanese Army experienced heavy snow and low temperature, while being under-equipped with water, food and fuel.[3] Nagai reflected this in his song about the hardship the Japanese soldiers experienced and their discontentment about the war.[4] The song was titled "The Snow March." The song became popular following its publication, is described by scholars to have an upbeat melody.[5][6][7] It was reported to be a favorite song of field marshall Ōyama Iwao.[8] It was also taught and sung in Japanese schools during the late Meiji period.[9]
Nagai's song was later widely referred to by soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War. The discontentment about the war expressed in the song were viewed as antagonistic to Japanese militarism and prohibited by the Imperial Japanese Army, though the effectiveness of the order was in doubt.[10]
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In popular culture
- The 1977 film Mount Hakkoda used "Yuki no Shingun" and associated this song with the Hakkōda Mountains incident.
- The Japanese version of the 2005 video game Destroy All Humans!, released in 2007, referred to the first two lines of the song.[10]
- The 2012 anime Girls und Panzer shows Yukari Akiyama and Riko "Erwin" Matsumoto singing the song during a reconnaissance march through the snow in episode 9, and the anime's sequel films Girls und Panzer der Film (2015) and Girls und Panzer das Finale (2017-present) use the melody as a leitmotif for the Imperial Japanese Army-themed Chi-Ha-Tan Academy.[11]
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