↑Phaedrus - Volumes 10-11 - Page 109 1985 The poem by Ujyo Noguchi, one of the leading children's poets of his time was set to music by the composer, Nagayo Moto'ori (1885-1945)
↑Haruhiko Kinda'ichi Nagayo Motoori a critical biography of the composer
↑20-seiki no Ajia no sakkyokukatachi - Page 225 Nihon Sakkyokuka Kyōgikai - 2002 "Komatsu, Kiyomi Fujii (1889-1944), and Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) based their songs on traditional folk songs, while Yamada, Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945), and Ryutaro Hirota (1892-1952) tried to use idioms of traditional Japanese ..."