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Akatombo

Akatombo
Monument to the song in the hometown of the poet Rofū Miki (Tatsuno, Hyōgo)
English
  • Red Dragonfly
  • Scarlet Dragonfly
Native name赤とんぼ
Written1921 (1921)
Textby Rofū Miki
LanguageJapanese
Melodyby Kōsaku Yamada
Composed1927
Rofū Miki (1948)

"Red Dragonfly" (Japanese: 赤とんぼ, Hepburn: Akatonbo) (also transliterated as Akatombo, Aka Tombo, Aka Tonbo, or Aka Tomba) is a famous Japanese children's song (dōyō) composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki. It is a nostalgic depiction of a Japanese red dragonfly seen at sunset by an infant being carried on an older sister's shoulder.[1][2][3]

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