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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 201<br />

which every warrior repeated daily. . . . Some<br />

<strong>of</strong> the following, on the other hand, are little<br />

more than nonsense-verses —<br />

:<br />

{Battledoor-song — Province <strong>of</strong> Echizen^<br />

Hiya!<br />

; ; !<br />

Fu ya!<br />

O-Koma San<br />

Tabako no<br />

Kemuri wa,<br />

Johattsan<br />

One struck I — two struck I 0-Koma<br />

tobacco— Johattsan.i<br />

; !<br />

San I Smoke <strong>of</strong><br />

(Battledoor-song— Province"<strong>of</strong> SUnano.)<br />

Ichigwatsu<br />

Nigwatsu<br />

Sangwatsu,<br />

Sakura<br />

Yanagi no<br />

Shita de,<br />

' Johattsan, familiar abbreviation <strong>of</strong> JohachI San (" Mr. JohachI "),<br />

The song alludes to the popular drama entitled " O-Koma-Saiza."<br />

O-Koma, the heroine <strong>of</strong> this play, is a beautiful girl who comes to an<br />

unhappy end through the rascality <strong>of</strong> JohachI, a trusted servant in her<br />

father's house. JohachI appears on the stage, in various scenes <strong>of</strong><br />

the drama, squatting before a hibacbi, and smoking furiously.

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