Kigen Nisen Roppyaku Nen
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| language = Japanese
| English_title = 2600 Years Since the Founding
| released = {{Start date|1939|12|20}}
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| composer = Gihachirō Mori
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{{Nihongo|"Kigen Nisen Roppyaku Nen"|紀元二千六百年||2600 Years Since the Founding}} is a Japanese song commemorating 1940. It was written by Yoshio Masuda and composed by Gihachirō Mori.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tanken.com/hosyukuka.html|title=奉祝國民歌「紀元二千六百年」|date=2002-12-17|website=Tanken|language=Japanese|trans-title=National celebratory song "Year 2600"|access-date=2018-02-01}}
History
The song was originally written for a competition in 1939, in which it was selected as the winner. Even recently, uyoku dantai groups celebrating National Foundation Day air this song using sound trucks.{{Cite book|last=Ruoff|first=Kenneth James|date=2001|title=The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aE4tpq4D2RAC&q=2%2C600&pg=PA319|publisher=Harvard Univ. Asia Center|page=269|isbn=9780674010888}}
Parody
A parody version of this song, concerning the rising cost of tobacco, replaces the original lyrics with the names of cigarette brands.{{Cite book|last=Dower|first=John|date=2012-05-01|title=Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LHUIr8vh7x4C&q=kigen+nisen+roppyaku+nen&pg=PA302|publisher=The New Press|page=302|isbn=9781595588111}}
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