Furusato

• 25 March 2026
• 1_ folder- miscellaneous tunes and secular songs,
• 2_ copyright- public domain_ text,
• 2_ copyright- public domain_ tune,
• 2_ instrumentation- four-part choir,
• 2_ language- japanese,
• 2_ key- e flat major or c minor,
• 3_ text title- furusato,
• 3_ tune name- furusato,
• 4_ poetic meter- 10-10-10-10 dactylic except the third line

Song Information

Folder: Miscellaneous Tunes and Secular Songs, no. 25
Tune used, name: 'Furusato'
Composer: Okano, Teiichi (1878–1941); composed in 1914
Lyricist: Takano, Tatsuyuki (1876–1947); written in 1914

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

• Sheet music, PDF
• Sheet music, MuseScore
• SynthV Studio project file, zipped
• MIDI note data

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

[Romaji]

1
Usagi oishi ka no yama,
kobuna tsurishi ka no kawa.
Yume wa ima mo megurite,
wasure-gataki furusato.

2
Ikani imasu chichi-haha,
tsutsuganashi ya tomogaki.
Ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo,
omoiizuru furusato.

3
Kokorozashi o hatashite,
itsu no hi ni ka kaeran.
Yama wa aoki furusato,
mizu wa kiyoki furusato.

[Japanese/日本語]

1
兎追いし彼の山、
小鮒釣りし彼の川。
夢は今も巡りて、
忘れ難き故郷。

2
如何にいます父母、
恙無しや友がき。
雨に風につけても、
思ひ出づる故郷。

3
志を果たして、
いつの日にか歸らん。
山は青き故郷、
水は清き故郷。

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