Nihon no Uta Hyakusen

Nihon no Uta Hyakusen (日本の歌百選?) is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Nippon PTA. 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, it actually includes 101 songs.

The idea for the compilation came from famed psychologist and agency chief Hayao Kawai, with an aim 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 Shinbun used this list to compile a list of 15 most endangered children's songs.[2]

No. Name Lyrics Melody
1 Aogeba tōtoshi Ōtsuki Fumihiko, Satomi Tadashi, Kabe Iwao H.N.D.
2 Akai kutsu Ujō Noguchi 本居長世
3 Akatonbo 三木露風 Kosaku Yamada
4 Asa wa doko kara Masaru Mori Kunihiko Hashimoto
5 Ano machi kono machi Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
6 Amefuri Hakushū Kitahara Shinpei Nakayama
7 Amefuri otsukisan Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
8 Amefuri kuma no ko 鶴見正夫 湯山昭
9 Ii hi tabedachi Shinji Tanimura Shinji Tanimura
10 Itsudemo yume wo 佐伯孝夫 吉田正
11 Inu no omawarisan Yoshimi Satou 大中恩
12 Ue o Muite Arukō Rokusuke Ei Hachidai Nakamura
13 Umi Ryũha Hayashi 井上武士
14 Ureshii hinamatsuri Satou Hachirou 河村光陽
15 Edo Lullaby Traditional Traditional
16 Ouma Ryũha Hayashi Tsune Nakashima
17 Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree Unknown translator English traditional
18 My Grandfather's Clock 保富庚午訳詞 Henry Clay Work
19 Okaasan Nana Tanaka 中田喜直
20 Oshougatsu Kume Higashi Rentarō Taki
21 Ohanashiyubisan 香山美子 湯山昭
22 Oborozuki yo Tatsuyuki Takano Teiichi Okano
23 Omoide no album 増子とし 本多鉄麿
24 Omocha no chachacha Akiyuki Nosaka, Osamu Yoshioka 越部信義
25 Kaasan no uta Satoshi Kubota Satoshi Kubota
26 Kaze Yaso Saijō Shin Kusakawa
27 Kata tataki Yaso Saijō Shinpei Nakayama
28 Kame no Suihei-san Toshiko Takeuchi 河村光陽
29 Karatachi no hana Hakushū Kitahara Kosaku Yamada
30 Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni Yasushi Akimoto Akira Mitake
31 Kisha Ministry of Education Ministry of Education
32 Kisha poppo 富原薫 Shin Kusakawa
33 Kyou no hi wa sayonara 金子詔一 金子詔一
34 Kutsu ga naru 清水かつら 弘田龍太郎
35 Koinobori 近藤宮子 Unknown
36 Koko sannensei 丘灯至夫 遠藤実
37 Kōjō no Tsuki 土井晩翠 滝廉太郎
38 Cosmos Masashi Sada Masashi Sada
39 Kono michi Hakushū Kitahara Kosaku Yamada
40 Konnichiwa akachan 永六輔 中村八大
41 Sakurakai no uta 土屋花情 八洲秀章
42 Sakura Sakura Traditional Traditional
43 Satchan Hiroo Sakata Megumi Ōnaka
44 Sato no aki 斎藤信夫 海沼実
45 If You're Happy and You Know It 木村利人訳詞 American traditional
46 Shikararete 清水かつら 弘田龍太郎
47 Shiki no uta 荒木とよひさ 荒木とよひさ
48 Jidai Miyuki Nakajima Miyuki Nakajima
49 Shabondama Ujō Noguchi Shinpei Nakayama
50 Zuizuizukkorobashi Warabe uta Warabe uta
51 Sukii 時雨音羽 平井康三郎
52 Seikurabe 海野厚 Shinpei Nakayama
53 Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana Noriyuki Makihara Noriyuki Makihara
54 Zousan Michio Mado Ikuma Dan
55 Soushunfu 吉丸一昌 中田章
56 Takibi 巽聖歌 渡辺茂
57 Chiisai aki wo tsuketa Satou Hachirou Yoshinao Nakada
58 Chatsumi Ministry of Education Ministry of Education
59 Chuurippu 近藤宮子 井上武士
60 Tsuki no sabaku 加藤まさを 佐々木すぐる
61 Tsubasa wo kudasai 山上路夫 村井邦彦
62 Te no hira wo taiyou ni Takashi Yanase Taku Izumi
63 Tōryanse Warabe uta Warabe uta
64 Doko ka de haru ka 百田宗治 Shin Kusakawa
65 Do-Re-Mi Becky Hayama Rodgers and Hammerstein
66 Donguri korokoro 青木存義 梁田貞
67 Tonbo no megane 額賀誠志 平井康三郎
68 Naisho hanashi 結城よしを 山口保治
69 Nada Sōsō Ryoko Moriyama BEGIN
70 Natsu no omoide 江間章子 Yoshinao Nakada
71 Natsu wa kinu 佐々木信綱 小山作之助
72 Nanatsu no Ko Ujō Noguchi 本居長世
73 Hana Shoukichi Kina Shoukichi Kina
74 Hana 武島羽衣 Rentarō Taki
75 Hana no machi 江間章子 團伊玖磨
76 Home! Sweet Home! 里見義訳詞 Henry Bishop
77 Hamachidori 鹿島鳴秋 弘田龍太郎
78 Hamabe no uta 林古渓 成田為三
79 Haru ga kita Tatsuyuki Takano Teiichi Okano
80 Haru no ogawa Tatsuyuki Takano Teiichi Okano
81 Fuji no yama 巌谷小波 Ministry of Education
82 Fuyugeshiki Ministry of Education Ministry of Education
83 Fuyu no seiza 堀内敬三訳詞 William Shakespeare Hays
84 Furusato Tatsuyuki Takano Teiichi Okano
85 Auld Lang Syne 稲垣千穎 Scottish traditional
86 Masaba no asa 杉村楚人冠 船橋榮吉
87 Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o Rokusuke Ei Taku Izumi
88 Mikan no hana saku oka 加藤省吾 海沼実
89 Mushi no koe Ministry of Education Ministry of Education
90 Musunde hiraite Ministry of Education Jean-Jacques Rousseau
91 Muramatsuri 葛原しげる 南能衛
92 Medaka no gakkou 茶木滋 Yoshinao Nakada
93 Momiji Tatsuyuki Takano 岡野貞一
94 Yashinomi Tōson Shimazaki 大中寅二
95 Yũhi 葛原しげる 室崎琴月
96 Yũyake koyake 中村雨紅 Shin Kusakawa
97 Yuki Ministry of Education Ministry of Education
98 Yurikago no uta Hakushū Kitahara Shin Kusakawa
99 Rishũ 犬童球渓訳詞 John P. Ordway
100 Ringo no uta Satou Hachirou 万城目正
101 Ware wa umi no ko 宮原晃一郎 Ministry of Education

References

  1. ^ Yomiuri Shinbun, 「『荒城の月』から『涙そうそう』、日本の歌に１０１曲」 January 14, 2007.
  2. ^ Asahi Shinbun. 「歌い継いでいきたい童謡・唱歌ランキング」 March 20, 2010.