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Monument to the song in the hometown of the poet Miki Rofū in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture

"Red Dragonfly" (赤とんぼ, transliterated as "Akatombo", "Aka Tombo", "Akatonbo", "Aka Tonbo", or "Aka Tomba") is a famous Japanese children's song composed by Kosaku Yamada in 1927 with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Miki Rofū.[1][2] It is a nostalgic depiction of a red dragonfly seen by an infant over a sister's shoulder at sunset.[3][4][5][6][7]

Yamada was heavily influenced by Robert Schumann and other German composers,[8] and the pentatonic melody of this song closely resembles a musical phrase that is prominently repeated numerous times in Schumann's Concert Allegro with Introduction for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 134 (1853).[9]

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  1. ^ Tsurumi, Shunsuke (2009). A Cultural History of Postwar Japan 1945-1960 (Hardback) (English ed.). Routledge. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-7103-0259-5. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Dragonfly (Tombo)". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ Jean Ma (1 June 2010). Melancholy Drift: Marking Time in Chinese Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-988-8028-06-1.
  4. ^ 表記は三木露風 (1926), 『小鳥の友』(童謡詩人叢書 ; 第3), 新潮社, 48-49頁に従い、それを現代仮名遣いに改めた。
  5. ^ 若井勲夫 (2008), 『童謡・わらべ歌新釈(上) 』, 京都産業大学論集. 人文科学系列 38, 172-147頁
  6. ^ 吉行淳之介 『赤とんぼ騒動』 「文藝春秋」第59巻第9号(1981年8月1日発行)所収、『赤とんぼ騒動 わが文学生活 1980〜1981』 潮出版社 1981年
  7. ^ "日本語の美しさ 第44回 歌詞のアクセント1". 千駄ヶ谷日本語教育研究所. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  8. ^ Kósçak Yamada (1886-1965): Nagauta Symphony "Tsurukame"; Symphony "Inno Meiji"; Choreographic Symphony "Maria Magdalena" (PDF) (Media notes). IVY Corporation & Naxos Rights International Ltd. 2006. p. 2. Naxos 8.557971. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ^ Lucas, M. Jill (2002). Spinning Jenny and Devil's Darning Needle. David Miller. p. 38.
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