Nagayo Motoori

{{short description|Japanese composer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|4|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|10|14|1885|4|4|df=y}}

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| othername = 本居 長世

| occupation = composer

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Nagayo Motoori (sometimes spelled Motohori) (本居 長世; 4 April 1885 – 14 October 1945) was a Japanese composer.Phaedrus - Volumes 10-11 - Page 109 1985 The poem by Ujyo Noguchi, one of the leading children's poets of his time was set to music by the composer, Nagayo Moto'ori (1885-1945)Haruhiko Kinda'ichi Nagayo Motoori a critical biography of the composer20-seiki no Ajia no sakkyokukatachi - Page 225 Nihon Sakkyokuka Kyōgikai - 2002 "Komatsu, Kiyomi Fujii (1889-1944), and Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) based their songs on traditional folk songs, while Yamada, Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945), and Ryutaro Hirota (1892-1952) tried to use idioms of traditional Japanese ..."