Meiji Imperial Japanese March Medley (1 hour) [With Eng and Romaji sub]

Happy New Year, and this channel celebrated its second anniversary! This is a collection of eighteen famous Japanese military songs in the Meiji era, with English and Romaji subtitles. Enjoy for one hour! 0:00 Battotai（抜刀隊） 5:31 Teki wa ikuman（敵は幾万） 8:54 Mikuni no mamori（皇国の守） 12:54 Michi wa roppyaku hachiju ri（道は六百八十里） 14:55 Nihon rikugun（日本陸軍） 19:58 Nihon kaigun（日本海軍） 23:22 Hohei no honryo（歩兵の本領） 26:38 Gunkan koshinkyoku（軍艦行進曲） 29:33 Genko（元寇） 32:02 Fujin jugunka（婦人従軍歌） 33:59 Yukan naru suihei（勇敢なる水兵） 36:34 Ika ni kyofu（如何に狂風） 39:45 Yuki no shingun（雪の進軍） 42:13 Hirose chusa（広瀬中佐） 44:13 Suishiei no kaiken（水師営の会見） 47:59 Tachibana chusa（橘中佐） 51:35 Nihonkai kaisen/Kairo ichiman gosen yo-ri（日本海海戦/海路一万五千余浬） 57:33 Senyu（戦友） About translation 1.Battotai - Song in praise of the Battotai, which fought in the Seinan War 2.Teki wa ikuman - Military Song released in 1886 *To die on a tatami mat It refers to dying in a place that is not a battlefield. 3.Mikuni no mamori - Military Song released in 1888 4.Michi wa roppyaku hachiju ri - Military Song of unknown production date(already existed in 1888.) *ri It's a unit of distance. 1 ri is about 4 km. *Nagato It probably refers to Kurahashi Island, southwest of Hiroshima. *I won't wear the red cross “Wear the Red Cross” means getting treatment from the Red Cross. I think that these lyrics exist because of the fact activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society were not well received by soldiers before the First Sino-Japanese War. 5.Nihon rikugun - Army Song released in 1904 *Hokohoki It stands for artillery("Hō"hei), military engineer("Kō"hei), infantry("Ho"hei), and cavalry("Ki"hei). 6.Nihon kaigun - Navy Song released in 1904 All words enclosed with "" are names of warships owned by the Imperial Japanese Navy. *Shikishima Akitsushima They're another name for Japan. *Itsukushima Takachiho Takao Takasago They're Japanese place names and all have an ancient history. *Mt.Niitaka It refers to the Yu Shan. *Yoshino It's a mountain in central Nara, and famous for its flowers. *Chiyoda Castle It refers to Edo Castle. Also, "千代(Chiyo)" means a thousand generations. *Matsushima It's a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. *Hashidate It's a sandbar in Kyoto and there is a tree-lined avenue with 8,000 pine trees. *Mt. Kaimondake It's a mountain in southern Kagoshima. *Amagi Katsuragi Maya Kasagi They're warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. *Naniwa It's an old name for Osaka. *Tatsuta It refers to the Tatsuta River, that flows in Nara. *Izumi It's an area of Osaka. *Mt. Mikasa, known as Kasuga It's a mountain in Nara. *Otowa Suma Akashi Otowa is a place name in Tokyo, and Suma and Akashi are ones in Hyogo. 7.Hohei no honryo - Military Song released in 1911 8.Gunkan koshinkyoku - Military Song released in 1900 Sorry, there is a mistake: 27:08 it should be "nations that oppose Japan". 9.Genko - Military Song released 1892 *Tatara It's a place name in northern Fukuoka. *Tsukushi It's old name referring to northern Kyushu. *Hakozaki It's a place name in northern Fukuoka. *the Genkai sea It's a sea area in northwestern Kyushu. 10.Fujin jugunka - Song about the military nurse released in 1894 11.Yukan naru suihei - Military Song released in 1895, based on an anecdote from the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the First Sino-Japanese War *Dingyuan It's a warship of the Qing Navy. 12.Ika ni kyofu - Military Song about the Battle of Weihaiwei released in 1895 *Bohai Bay It's a sea area in northeastern China. 13.Yuki no shingun - Military Song made during the Battle of Weihaiwei *pickled ume It is a food made by drying pickled ume fruits(Japanese apricots) in salt. 14.Hirose chusa - Military Song about Takeo Hirose, who fell during the operation to blockade Lushun Port in the Russo-Japanese War *Sugino It's Magoshichi Sugino, a member of the crew of the Fukuimaru led by Hirose. 15.Suishiei no kaiken - Military Song about the meeting between Anatoly Stessel and Maresuke Nogi after the Siege of Port Arthur *Suishiying It refers to a shuishiying in Lushun. 16.Tachibana chusa - Military Song about Shuta Tachibana, who fell in the Battle of Liaoyang during the Russo-Japanese War *kaoliang It's sorghum grown in northeastern China. *Shuzanpo It's a name of highlands in Liaoyang 17.Nihonkai kaisen - Military song about the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War *Suvorov It's the Russian Navy's battleship Knyaz Suvorov. *Ulleungdo Island It's an island located east of Korea. 18.Senyu - Military Song made during the Russo-Japanese War