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is the Japanese term for military music. While in standard use in Japan it applies both to Japanese songs and foreign songs such as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", as an English language category it refers to songs produced by the Empire of Japan in between roughly 1877 and 1943.

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Subclass of
music of Japan
Country of origin
Empire of Japan
Image
Ad for Nitto Records, Osaka, Japan, in 1932.jpg
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native label
軍歌
different from
war song

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