VOL. Ⅸ NO.1 MARCH 1941
CULTURAL
NIPPON
Spring Number
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY
BY
NIPPON BUNKA CHUO RENMEI
（Central Federration of Nippon Culture)
CONTENTS
Frontispiece: “ A Chirping Shrike on a Dead Twig ” ‥‥ By Miyamoto-Musashi 宮本武藏筆
口絵：枯木鳴鵙圖
Ⅰ．On the Three Imperial Treasures ‥‥ By Irita-Seizo 入田整三
〔 三種の神器について 〕
Ⅱ．Concept of “ Kami ” in the Manyoshu（Ⅲ）‥‥ By Hisamatsu-Sen❜ichi 久松濳一
〔 万葉集における 「神 」 の概念 〕
Ⅲ．“ Kaido-Tosei ” （ A Poem）‥‥ By Kitahara-Hakushu 北原白秋
〔 「海道東征 」（詩） 〕
Ⅳ．“ Mutsu-Munemitsu ”（ A Play）（Ⅰ）‥‥ By Fujimori-Seikichi 藤森成吉
〔 「陸奥宗光」（戯曲） 〕 Translated By Iwado-Tamotsu 岩堂保
Ⅴ．Miyamato-Musashi, His Personality and Art ‥‥ By Fujimori-Seikichi 藤森成吉
〔宮本武蔵 人物と藝術 〕
“ KAIDO-TOSEI ”
海道東征
By Kitahara-Hakushu
北原白秋
This poem was originarity in 1940 by Mr.Kitahara-Hakushu. one of the few celebrated poets of this country, in compliance with the request of the Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei Foundation, which sponsored ❛ The 26th Centenary Dramatic and Philharmonic Celebration of The Japanese Empire ❜ in every dramatic and philharmonic line throughout the year 1940. This was indeed a grand cultural movement, which was nation-wide in its scope and which proved a great contribution to the renovation as well as the advancement of the national culture in general.
The “ Kaido- Tosei, ” or “ The Eastern Expedition by Sea, ” is a part of an unfinished trilogy, celebrating the glorious deeds of the Emperor Jimmu in founding the Japanese Empire 2601 year ago. It was composed into a Cantata by Mr. Nobutoki-Kiyoshi〔信時潔〕, Professor at the Tokyo Academy of Music, who is one of the foremost composers of this country, also at the special request of the Foundation.
Prof. Nobutoki❜ ｓ arduous effort to express the Japanese patbos in the form of Cantata, which had never been attempted before in this country on such a big scale, was rewarded with a great success. It was first performed before the public on November 26, 1940, at the Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, under the auspices of the Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei Foundation. Since then it has been performed several times by various groups, which itself is a proof of the success of the music as well as the words of the “ Kaido- Tosei. ” ―The Editor.
・〔詩：日本文 ローマ字で読み仮名〕
・〔詩：独文 二宮徳馬訳〕
“ KAIDO-TOSEI ”
MEERESZUG GEN OSTEN
－ KANTATE －
Übertragen ins Deutsche von NINOMIYA-TOKUMA
・〔詩：英文 若目田武次訳〕
“ KAIDO-TOSEI ”
THE EASTERN EXPEDITION BY SEA
－ A CANTATA －
TRANSLATED BY WAKAMEDA-TAKEJI
昭和十六年三月二十九日 發行
編輯者 日本文化中央聯盟
発行所 日本文化中央聯盟
＄0.75 in America 3s in Europe
日本内地 定價 壹圓五拾錢停
なお、この雑誌には、次の紙片（ビクターレコード「海道東征」の案内）が挟まれていた。
ANNOUNCEMENT
The entire part of the cantata “ KAIDO-TOSEI ” was recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Japan Lit. in March, 1941, in order to show the highest standard of recording technique of this country.
For the purpose, about 400 menbers of the Tokyo Academy of Music 〔東京音楽学校〕had participated as performers, with 50 members in orchestra and 100 members of male voice, 100 members of female voice and 150 members of juvenile voice, in solo and chorus, all under the baton Prof. Kinoshita-Tamotsu 〔木下保〕of the same institute.
The cantata “ KAIDO-TOSEI ” thus recorded amounts to eight twelve-inch records with fifteen sides. The whole set, with the score and the words, in a beautiful album, is on sale at the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Japan Lit., Kyobashi-ku, 13 of Tsukiji 2 chome. Tokyo, Japan, at the price of ￥19.60 plus postage.