Video created with Embers: Original Video: “Yuki no Shingun“ ('The Snow March') is a Japanese gunka composed in 1895 by Imperial Japanese Army musician Nagai Kenshi [who reflected his experience in the Battle of Weihaiwei during the First Sino-Japanese War. The discontentment about the war and sacrificial theme expressed in the song were viewed as antagonistic to Japanese militarism and was prohibited by the Imperial Japanese Army, though the effectiveness of the order was in doubt.
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