Nanatsu no Ko
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"七つの子" | |
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Song | |
Language | Japanese |
English title | "Nanatsu no Ko" |
Published | July 1921 |
Genre | Children's song |
Composer(s) | Nagayo Motoori |
Lyricist(s) | Ujō Noguchi |
Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子, lit. Seven children, or Seven baby crows, The crow's seven chicks)[1][2][3] is a popular[3] Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情 Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居 長世 Motoori Nagayo). Published in Kin no fune (The golden ship) magazine in July 1921.[1][3] Nanatsu no ko is used as the departure melody at Isohara Station in Kitaibaraki and also as 6 p.m bell in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology at Nomi, Ishikawa. Nanatsu no ko is the famous song in Japan.
Lyrics
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In popular culture
[edit]The song is sung by a nondiegetic children's choir in the 1954 Kinoshita Keisuke film Twenty-Four Eyes.
In the manga and anime Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama, the mail address of the boss of the Black Organization is #969#6261, which reproduces the beginning of Nanatsu no Ko.
The song is sung in the anime Magical Girl Ore episode 10 by Mohiro to console a lost child.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nanatsu no ko (Seven Baby Crows)". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04.
- ^ a b c "Social and Cultural History of Japan Through Music Education". bulldog2.redlands.edu. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kodomo no kuni - NOGUCHI Ujo". www.kodomo.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03.