2025 Volume 13 Pages 51-60
The purpose of this study is to examine the process of ideological formation in the creation of children’s songs by Fujii Kiyomi (1889-1944) and to clarify the points of contact between his children’s songs and the ‘traditional Japanese sense of sound’. Before entering the Tokyo Academy of Music, Fujii was self-taught in Western music, and his budding awareness of folk songs was confirmed by his notating Japanese folk songs on staves and examining their musical characteristics. After entering the Tokyo Academy of Music, he attended lectures by Uehara Rokushiro, Takano Tatsuyuki and others, and was inspired by the Riyo-shu and Riyo-shu shui, which greatly changed his perception of folk songs. After graduating from the Tokyo Academy of Music, Fujii conducted a number of surveys and notation works of folk songs, and in the course of his research and musical analysis, it became clear that he was creating new children’s songs while seeking a fusion between Western music and the Japanese sound system. By examining the process of forming Fujii’s ideas in the creation of his works, we were able to obtain clues for expanding the selection of teaching materials in school education by discussing the connection between the ‘traditional Japanese sense of sound’ and children’s songs.
