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Chugoku Region Lullaby (Japanese: 中国地方の子守唄/chūgoku chihō no komoriuta) is: a traditional folk song in Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku region, Japan, "and is a well known Japanese cradle song."

General

The song is best known by, the: arrangement by Kosaku Yamada that was made in 1938. An instrumental version, "played on a harp," historically marked the——end of transmission at night on RCC, broadcasting——to Hiroshima Prefecture. Up until 1987, a violin version was used on Sanyo Broadcasting, in Okayama. And Kagawa, also signalling the "end of daily programming." During the shutdown of analog television in Japan on 24 July 2011, RCC played the song for the final time on the station's analog signal shortly before the station switched off its analog transmitters.

Lyrics

See also

References

  1. ^ Chugoku Chiho no komoriuta Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (Its story, lyrics and music score)

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