Image:Kimi ga Yo 1930.ogg

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To meet the requirements of Wikipedia:Featured sound criteria, Requirement 5.

1. The recording is entitled Kimi ga Yo, at the time of the recording the de-facto national anthem of Japan. A 1999 law made the piece the national anthem of Japan.
2. File duration is 1 minute, 30 seconds.
3. Date of the recording, according to the plate, is approximately November 1930.
4. The record plate is number K1-A from Polyfar Recording. The plate manufacturer Nippon Polydor Chikuonki Co. (Tokyo, Japan).
5. The recording was modified to reduce the artifacts of an old record by using Adobe Audition. Pops and clicks were removed by the uploader.
6. The recording date of the plate was also the date of the performance, November 1930. The location of the recording was from Hongō, Tokyo, Japan. The following information about the performers was provided in Japanese: 木下保,内田栄一,斉藤静子,黒沢貞子,辻順治指揮,陸軍戸山学校軍楽隊.
7. The music score for Kimi ga Yo are located in the article or at its gallery at the Wikipedia Commons.
8. The lyrics of the recording are at the Wikipedia article about Kimi ga Yo.
9. The PD status of the recording is due to the expiration of copyright by Japanese law.

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This photographic image was published before December 31st 1956, or photographed before 1946 and not published for 10 years thereafter, under jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. Thus this photographic image is considered to be public domain according to article 23 of old copyright law of Japan and article 2 of supplemental provision of copyright law of Japan. To uploader: Please provide image source. English | 日本語 | 한국어 | Português | Русский [edit]

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