Umi Yukaba

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Umi Yukaba (海ゆかば, Umi Yukaba^?) 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, Nobutoki Kiyoshi^?) it was popular during and after World War II

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(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.

[edit] See also

• Kimi ga Yo
• Japanese militarism
• Japanese nationalism

[edit] External links

• Flash animation and music
• Umi Yukaba from Victory in the Pacific, PBS documentary on World War II
• Kiyoshi　Nobutoki Research guide 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