Nihon no Uta Hyakusen

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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.

More information No., Japanese title ...
No.Japanese titleEnglish title (rōmaji)Date Lyricist/translatorComposerNotes
1仰げば尊しAogeba tōtoshi1884 Fumihiko Ōtsuki, Satomi Tadashi, Kabe IwaoH.N.D.
2赤い靴Akai Kutsu1922 Ujō NoguchiNagayo Motoori
3赤とんぼAkatombo1927 Rofū MikiKōsaku Yamada
4朝はどこからAsa wa doko kara1946 Masaru Mori (森まさる)Kunihiko Hashimoto
5あの町この町Ano machi kono machi1924 Ujō NoguchiShinpei Nakayama
6あめふりAmefuri1925 Hakushū KitaharaShinpei Nakayama
7雨降りお月さんAmefuri otsukisan1925 Ujō NoguchiShinpei Nakayama
8あめふりくまのこAmefuri kuma no ko1962 Masao Tsurumi (鶴見正夫)Akira Yuyama (湯山昭)
9いい日旅立ちIi Hi Tabidachi1978 Shinji TanimuraShinji Tanimura
10いつでも夢をItsudemo yume o1962 Takao Saeki (佐伯孝夫)Tadashi Yoshida (吉田正)
11犬のおまわりさんInu no omawarisan1960 Yoshimi Satō (佐藤義美)Megumi Ohnaka
12上を向いて歩こうUe o muite arukō1961 Rokusuke EiHachidai Nakamuraalso known as "Sukiyaki" originally sung by Kyu Sakamoto
13海Umi1941 Ryūha Hayashi (林柳波)Takeshi Inoue (井上武士)
14うれしいひなまつりUreshii hinamatsuri1935 Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー)Kōyō Kawamura (河村光陽)
15江戸子守唄Edo LullabyEdo period traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
16おうまOuma1941 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 furudokei1940 Kōgo Hotomi (保富康午) after Henry Clay WorkHenry Clay Workmelody "My Grandfather's Clock" (1876), American popular song
19おかあさんOkaasan1954 Nana Tanaka (田中ナナ)Yoshinao Nakada
20お正月Oshōgatsu1901 Kume Higashi (東くめ)Rentarō Taki
21おはなしゆびさんOhanashiyubisan1962 Yoshiko Kōyama (香山美子)Akira Yuyama (湯山昭)
22朧月夜Oborozuki yo1914 Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja])Teiichi Okano
23思い出のアルバムOmoide no album1981 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 chachacha1962 Akiyuki Nosaka, Osamu YoshiokaNobuyoshi Koshibe (越部信義)
25かあさんの歌Kaasan no uta1954 Satoshi Kubota (窪田聡)Satoshi Kubota (窪田聡)
26風Kaze1921 Yaso Saijō (西條八十) after Christina RossettiShin Kusakawa
27肩たたきKata tataki1923 Yaso Saijō (西條八十)Shinpei Nakayama
28かもめの水兵さんKamome no Suihei-san1937 Toshiko Takeuchi (武内俊子)Kōyō Kawamura (河村光陽)
29からたちの花Karatachi no hana1925 Hakushū KitaharaKōsaku Yamada
30川の流れのようにKawa no Nagare no Yō ni1989 Yasushi AkimotoAkira Mitake
31汽車Kisha1912 Ministry of EducationAira Ōwada (大和田愛羅)
32汽車ポッポKisha poppo1938 Kaoru Fuhara (富原薫)Shin Kusakawa
33今日の日はさようならKyō no hi wa sayōnara1966 Shōichi Kaneko (金子詔一)Shōichi Kaneko (金子詔一)
34靴が鳴るKutsu ga naru1919 Katsura Shimizu (清水かつら)Ryūtarō Hirota
35こいのぼりKoinobori1931 Miyako Kondō (近藤宮子)composer unknown
36高校三年生Koko sannensei1963 Toshio Oka (丘灯至夫)Minoru Endo (遠藤実)
37荒城の月Kōjō no tsuki1901 Bansui Doi (土井晩翠)Rentarō Taki
38秋桜Cosmos1977 Masashi SadaMasashi Sadasung by Momoe Yamaguchi
39この道Kono michi1927 Hakushū KitaharaKōsaku Yamada
40こんにちは赤ちゃんKonnichiwa akachan1963 Rokusuke EiHachidai Nakamura
41さくら貝の歌Sakuragai no uta1949 Kajō Tsuchiya (土屋花情)Hideaki Yashima (八洲秀章)
42さくらさくらSakura Sakura1888 traditional; lyricist and composer unknown
43サッちゃんSatchan1959 Hiroo Sakata (阪田寛夫)Megumi Ohnaka
44里の秋Sato no aki1945 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 tatakō1964 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Shikararete1972 Katsura Shimizu (清水かつら)Ryūtarō Hirota
47四季の歌Shiki no uta1970? Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ)Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ)
48時代Jidai1975 Miyuki NakajimaMiyuki Nakajima
49シャボン玉Shabondama1922 Ujō NoguchiShinpei 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Seikurabe1923 Atsushi Unno (海野厚)Shinpei Nakayama
53世界に一つだけの花Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana2003 Noriyuki MakiharaNoriyuki Makihara
54ぞうさんZō-san1953 Michio MadoIkuma Dan
55早春賦Sōshunfu1913 Kazumasa Yoshimaru (吉丸一昌)Akira Nakada (中田章)
56たきびTakibi1941 Seika Tatsumi (巽聖歌)Shigeru Watanabe (渡辺茂)
57ちいさい秋みつけたChiisai Aki Mitsuketa1955 Hachirō Satō (サトウハチロー)Yoshinao Nakada
58茶摘みChatsumi1912 Ministry of EducationMinistry 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 sabaku1923 Masao Katō (加藤まさを)Suguru Sasaki (佐々木すぐる)
61翼をくださいTsubasa o Kudasai1971 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 ni1961 Takashi Yanase (やなせたかし)Taku Izumi (いずみたく)
63通りゃんせTōryanseEdo period Warabe uta; lyricist and composer unknown
64どこかで春がDoko ka de haru ga1923 Sōji Momota (百田宗治)Shin Kusakawa
65ドレミのうたDo-Re-Mi1959 Peggy Hayama after Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard Rodgersfrom the musical The Sound of Music
66どんぐりころころDonguri korokoroTaishō period Nagayoshi Aoki (青木存義)Tadashi Yanada
67とんぼのめがねTonbo no megane1949 Seishi Nukaga (額賀誠志)Kōzaburo Hirai
68ないしょ話Naisho banashi1939 Yoshio Yūki (結城よしを)Yasuharu Yamaguchi (山口保治)
69涙そうそうNada Sōsō1998 Ryōko MoriyamaBEGINoriginal Okinawan language lyrics by BEGIN
70夏の思い出Natsu no omoide1949 Shōko Ema (江間章子)Yoshinao Nakada
71夏は来ぬNatsu wa kinu1896 Nobutsuna SasakiSakunosuke Koyama
72七つの子Nanatsu no Ko1921 Ujō NoguchiNagayo Motoori
73花〜すべての人の心に花を〜Hana: Subete no hito no kokoro ni hana o1980 Shoukichi KinaShoukichi Kina
74花Hana1900 Hagoromo Takeshima (武島羽衣)Rentarō Taki
75花の街Hana no machi1947 Shōko Ema (江間章子)Ikuma Dan
76埴生の宿Hanyū no yado1889 Tadashi Satomi (里見義) after John Howard PayneHenry Bishopmelody "Home! Sweet Home!" from the opera Clari, Maid of Milan (1823)
77浜千鳥Hamachidori1919 Meishū Kashima (鹿島鳴秋)Ryūtarō Hirota
78浜辺の歌Hamabe no uta1916 Kokei Hayashi (林古渓)Tamezō Narita
79春が来たHaru ga kita1910 Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja])Teiichi Okano
80春の小川Haru no ogawa1912 Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja])Teiichi Okano
81ふじの山Fuji no yama1911 Sazanami IwayaMinistry of Education
82冬景色Fuyugeshiki1913 Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education
83冬の星座Fuyu no seiza1947 Keizō Horiuchi (堀内敬三)William Shakespeare Haysmelody "Mollie Darling" (1871), American popular song
84故郷Furusato1914 Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja])Teiichi Okano
85蛍の光Hotaru no Hikari1881 Chikai Inagaki (稲垣千穎)melody "Auld Lang Syne", traditional Scottish song
86牧場の朝Makiba no asa1932 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 o1963 Rokusuke EiTaku Izumi (いずみたく)
88みかんの花咲く丘Mikan no hana saku oka1946 Shōgo Katō (加藤省吾)Minoru Kainuma (海沼實)
89蟲のこゑMushi no koe1910 Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education
90むすんでひらいてMusunde hiraite1947 Ministry of EducationJean-Jacques Rousseaumelody "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" from the opera Le devin du village (1752)
91村祭Muramatsuri1942 Shigeru KuzuharaYoshie Minami (南能衛)
92めだかの学校Medaka no gakkō1950 Shigeru Chaki (茶木滋)Yoshinao Nakada
93もみじMomiji1911 Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之 [ja])Teiichi Okano
94椰子の実Yashinomi1936 Tōson ShimazakiToraji Ōnaka (大中寅二)
95夕日Yūhi1921 Shigeru KuzuharaKingetsu Murozaki (室崎琴月)
96夕焼小焼Yūyake koyake1923 Ukō Nakamura (中村雨紅)Shin Kusakawa
97雪Yuki1911 Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education
98揺籃のうたYurikago no uta1921 Hakushū KitaharaShin Kusakawa
99旅愁Ryoshū1907 Kyūkei Indō (犬童球渓) after John P. OrdwayJohn P. Ordwaymelody "Dreaming of Home and Mother" (1851), American popular song
100リンゴの唄Ringo no uta1945 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 ko1910 Kōichirō Miyahara (宮原晃一郎)Ministry of Education
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