PART II
THE BATTLESHIP MARCH.
MARSZ "PANCERNIK":
"UMI YUKABA"
The "midship" of the march contains another song from the waka poem "Umi yukaba" 海行かば written by Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴 家持 (AD 718-785) in AD 749 or AD 750 and included as a part of the chōka (a long poem) under the number 4094 in the Scroll 18 of the 8th century anthology of Japanese poetry of the Nara era (奈良時代) known as the Man'yōshū 萬葉集 (or 万葉集). This poem celebrating the imperial edict on the discovery o