Kume song - Kume song

Japanese: 久米歌 - くめうた

Also written as "Kumeuta". This refers to a total of eight poems, including five by the emperor, one by Michinoomi-no-Mikoto, and two by soldiers, which appear in the section on Emperor Jimmu in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. Many of them end with the phrase "I will shoot and stop." They are believed to have originated from choruses and dances handed down to the Kume clan at drinking parties before battles, and it is believed that after submitting to the royal authority, songs and dances based on these were performed at court ceremonies to pledge loyalty. They were accompanied by music and dance and were called "Kumemai" and performed at court ceremonies and sechie (ceremonial events). They died out in the Middle Ages, and a version revived in the late early modern period is preserved in the Imperial Household Agency.
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Japanese:

来目歌とも書く。《古事記》《日本書紀》の神武天皇の条にみえる天皇の５首，道臣命(みちのおみのみこと)の１首，兵卒の２首，計８首の歌をいう。多く〈撃ちてし止まむ〉の句で結ばれる。もととなったのは，久米氏に伝承された戦いの酒宴の合唱と舞であろうとされ，王権への服属後，宮廷儀礼の場でこれをもとにした歌と舞を奏して忠誠を誓ったものと考えられている。伴奏や舞をつけ〈久米舞〉と称して宮中の儀式，節会(せちえ)などに舞った。中世に絶え，近世後期復興のものが宮内庁に伝わる。
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