Back Kimi ga Yo Afrikaans نشيد اليابان الوطني Arabic نشيد اليابان الوطنى ARZ কিমিগায়' Assamese Kimi ga yo AST Yaponiya himni Azerbaijani Japuonėjes gimnos BAT-SMG Kimigayo BCL Гімн Японіі Byelorussian Кімі Га Ё BE-X-OLD
| "Kimigayo" | |
 Score o "Kimigayo" | |
National anthem o  Japan Empire o Japan | |
| Leerics | waka poem, Heian period (794–1185) |
|---|---|
| Muisic | Yoshiisa Oku, Akimori Hayashi an Franz Eckert, 1880 |
| Adoptit | 13 August 1999 |
| Audio saumple | |
"Kimigayo" (instrumental) | |
"Kimigayo" (君が代) is the naitional anthem o Japan an the warld's auldest lyrics in a naitional anthem. Frae 1868 tae 1945, it served as the naitional anthem o the Empire o Japan. Wi a lenth o 11 measurs an 32 characters, "Kimigayo" is an aa ane o the warld's shortest naitional anthems currently in uise.[1][2][3] Its lyrics are based on a waka poem written in the Heian period (794–1185), sung tae a melody written in the imperial period (1868–1945).[4] The current melody wis chosen in 1880, replacin an unpopular melody componed eleven years earlier. While the title "Kimigayo" is uisually translatit as His Majesty's Reign, no offeecial translation o the teetle nor lyrics haes ever been established bi law.[5]
- ↑ Hongo, Jun. Hinomaru, 'Kimigayo' express conflicts both past and future. The Japan Times Online. 2007-07-17 [Retrieved 2008-01-11]. The Japan Times.
- ↑ "イギリス生活情報週刊誌-英国ニュースダイジェスト". Retrieved 16 October 2008.
- ↑ NAITO, T. (October 1999). "「歌唱（ウタ）」を忘れた「君が代」論争". Bungeishunjū. Archived frae the original on 12 Januar 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
- ↑ "Japan – Kimigayo". NationalAnthems.me. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ "Elementary schools face new mandate: Patriotism, 'Kimigayo'". The Japan Times Online. Kyodo News. 29 Mairch 2008. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2011.