Railway Song - Tetsudoshouka

The title of a song. The lyrics were written by Owada Takeki. There are two versions, composed by Uesanemichi and Oonoumedowaka, and the latter's song was a big hit. The Osaka Miki Sasuke edition of the song collection consists of five volumes, and the first volume, "Geographical Education Railway Songs" (Tokaido), which begins with "A whistle blasts Shinbashi," was published in May 1900 (Meiji 33). In the same year, volumes (2) Sanyo and Kyushu, (3) Tohoku and Northern Kanto, (4) Shinetsu and Hokuriku, and (5) Kansai were also published, and were very well received as they helped to spread geographical education and transportation knowledge. Similar songs were created in various places, and songs about railways across the country were sung up until the 1911 "Sanin Line Railway Song." In 1928 (Showa 3), when the transportation network had improved, the Ministry of Railways, in collaboration with the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, held a contest to collect entries for the "New Railway Song." In addition, from 1937 to 1938, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation produced the "New Railway Song" and broadcast it as a national song.

[Yoshihiro Kurata]

"Takatori Takeshi, 'A Hundred Years of Railways Told in Songs' (1981, Railway Book Publishing Association)"

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唱歌の曲名。大和田建樹(おおわだたけき)作詞。上真行(うえさねみち)と多梅稚(おおのうめわか)の作曲した2種類あり、多の曲が大流行した。大阪・三木佐助版の歌集は全五冊で、「汽笛一声新橋を」と歌い出す『地理教育鉄道唱歌』第一集（東海道）は1900年（明治33）5月刊。同年中に〔2〕山陽・九州、〔3〕東北・北関東、〔4〕信越・北陸、〔5〕関西の各編も出版されたが、地理教育や交通知識の普及に役だつところから非常に歓迎された。　同類の唱歌は各地に生まれ、1911年の『山陰線鉄道唱歌』に至るまで、全国の鉄道が歌い上げられた。交通網の充実をみた1928年（昭和3）、鉄道省は東京日日新聞と大阪毎日新聞の共催で『新鉄道唱歌』を懸賞募集したことがある。また37～38年には日本放送協会が『新鉄道唱歌』を制作し、国民歌謡として放送した。

［倉田喜弘］

『高取武著『増補追録歌でつづる鉄道百年』（1981・鉄道図書刊行会）』

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