"2,600 Years Since Founding" (紀元二千六百年) is a Japanese song commemorating the year 1940. It was written by Yoshio Masuda for a competition the year prior and won, and it was set to music by Gihachirō Mori. Even recently, uyoku dantai groups celebrating National Foundation Day air this song using sound trucks.
Parody[]
A parody version of this song, concerning the rising cost of tobacco, replaces the original lyrics with the names of cigarette brands.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World (2012-05-01). Dower, John. The New Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781595588111.