EPIC Nightcore Version - Hohei no Honryō - 歩兵の本領

Hohei no Honryo (The Infantry's True Calling) was written in 1911 by a cadetof Japan's Army Central Cadet School for the Hyakunichisai, the Hundred Days Festival held a hundred days before graduation. It became so popular that it spread through the entire Imperial Japanese Army and was recorded many times over the following decades. The song is not about a single campaign. It is a ten-verse boast of the infantry branch itself: its uniform colour, its two-thousand-year-old fighting spirit, its two hundred thousand men in more than eighty garrisons, and its refusal to retreat, with the 1905 Battle of Mukden cited as proof. It closes back at the cadets' own festival, toasting each other with sake. *日本語* 万朶の桜か襟の色 花は吉野に嵐吹く 大和男子と生まれなば 散兵線の花と散れ 尺余の銃は武器ならず 寸余の剣何かせん 知らずや此処に二千年 鍛え鍛えし大和魂 軍旗守る武士は 全て其の数二十万 八十余か所に屯して 武装は解かじ夢にだも 千里東西波越えて 我れに仇為す国在らば 港を出でん輸送船 暫し守れや海の人 敵地に一歩我れ踏めば 軍の主兵は此処に在り 最後の決は我が任務 騎兵砲兵協同せよ 亜耳伯士山を踏破せし 歴史は古く雪白し 奉天戦の活動は 日本歩兵の粋と知れ 携帯口糧有るならば 遠く離れて三日四日 曠野千里に亙るとも 散兵線に秩序在り 退く戦術我れ知らず 見よや歩兵の操典を 前進前進又前進 肉弾届く所迄 我が一軍の勝敗は 突喊最後の数分時 歩兵の威力は此処なるぞ 花散れ勇め時は今 嗚呼勇ましの我が兵科 会心の友よ来たれいざ 共に語らん百日祭 酒盃に襟の色映し *English* Cherry blossoms in full bloom? No. The scarlet of our collars. A storm tears through the blossoms of Yoshino. If you were born a man of Yamato then fall like a blossom on the skirmish line. A rifle barely a foot long is no weapon. What good is a blade a few inches long? Do you not know? Here for two thousand years the spirit of Yamato has been forged and forged again. The warriors who guard the regimental colours number two hundred thousand in all. Garrisoned in more than eighty places, they never lay down their arms, not even in their dreams. Across a thousand leagues of waves, east and west, should any nation turn against us the transports will sail out of the harbour. Men of the sea, guard us just for a while. The moment we set one foot on enemy soil the main strength of the army is right here. The final decision is our task. Cavalry and artillery, lend us your strength! The crossing of the Alps is old history and its snow lies white. But the deeds at the battle of Mukden, know them as the finest work of the Japanese infantry. As long as we have our field rations we march on far away, three days, four days. Though the wilderness stretches a thousand leagues there is order on the skirmish line. A tactic of retreat is something we do not know. Look at the infantry drill manual: advance, advance and advance again until our own flesh reaches the enemy. The victory or defeat of our whole army hangs on the last few minutes of the charge. This is where the power of the infantry lies. Fall like blossoms, take heart, the time is now. Ah, our valiant branch of arms! Come, my dear comrades, come! Let us talk together at the Hundred Days Festival with the colour of our collars mirrored in the sake cups. [EN] DISCLAIMER This is a cover of a song written in 1911 by a cadet of Japan's Army Central Cadet School. The lyrics are the original wording, sung and printed since the early twentieth century; they are not mine. Written for a school festival, it later spread through the entire Imperial Japanese Army as a march of infantry pride. It is presented here as an artistic and historical reconstruction, not as a political statement. No specific war, opponent, or era beyond 1911 is depicted. No war, army, government or ideology is endorsed or glorified. No real nation or people is targeted. This video is made for artistic and educational purposes only. [JP] 免責事項 本作は1911年に日本陸軍中央幼年学校の生徒によって作られた歌をカバーしたもので す。歌詞は20世紀初頭から歌い継がれてきた原詞であり、制作者によるものではあり ません。学校の行事のために書かれ、後に陸軍全体に広まった、歩兵の誇りを歌う行 進曲です。芸術的・歴史的な再現として紹介するものであり、政治的な主張ではあり ません。特定の戦争や敵、1911年以降の時代は描かれていません。戦争、軍隊、政府、 思想を賛美または推奨するものではなく、現実の国家や民族を攻撃するものでもあり ません。本作は芸術および教育を目的とした作品です。 [CREDITS & COPYRIGHT NOTICE] Original song: 歩兵の本領 (Hohei no Honryō), 1911 Music: 永井建子 (Nagai Kenshi), from the march 小楠公 (1899) Lyrics: 加藤明勝 (Katō Akikatsu) Melodic techno cover arrangement and production: Kurisushima This work is a purely fan-made creation. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in collaboration with any of the parties named above. All copyright belongs to their respective owners. #hoheinohonryo #gunka #nightcore #japanesecover #歩兵の本領