Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akatombo
based on a review of available English/French/Spanish/Portuguese language sources, of which some have been referenced in the article,{{cite book|title=Cultura japonesa, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dMrAAAAYAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Hitz-Berba Editores Associados|language=Portuguese|page=218|quote=Destacamos o nome de Kosaku Yamada, um dos primeiros compositores genuínos. Estudou na ... Compôs várias óperas e músicas instrumentais, mas as mais conhecidas são canções infantis como Akatombo, Machiboke etc. As músicas ... ''We highlight the name of Kosaku Yamada, one of the first genuine composers. He studied at ... He composed several operas and instrumental music, but best known are his children's songs as Akatombo, Machiboke etc. The songs ...''}}{{cite book|author=Tensei Jingo|authorlink=Tensei Jingo|title=天声人語|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv8yAAAAMAAJ|volume=79|year=1989|publisher=原書房|pages=58–|quote=Miki's intimate friend, Kosaku Yamada, put the poem to music. Since then, loved and sung by the Japanese, it has deeply permeated their hearts. In a recent poll, Akatombo was ranked the most loved song among Japanese.}}{{cite book|author=Paul Glynn|title=Réquiem por Nagasaki|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwaPFEglvLoC&pg=PA172|year=2012|publisher=Francisco Sanchez-Bayo|language=Spanish|isbn=978-1-4710-9963-2|pages=172–|quote=A varios poemas de Nagai se les puso música de compositores japoneses renombrados, el más famoso de los cuales fue Kosaku Yamada, conocido y querido en todo el Japón por su extraordinaria composición Aka Tombo, esto es "La ... ''Several of Nagai's poems were put to music by renowned Japanese composers, the most famous of which was Kosaku Yamada, known and loved throughout Japan for his extraordinary composition Aka Tombo ...''}}{{cite book|title=Revista Chapingo: Serie Ciencias forestales y del ambiente|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IRjAAAAMAAJ|volume=7-9|year=2001|publisher=Universidad Autónoma Chapingo|language=Spanish|pages=122–|quote=Ésta es una frase de la canción de cuna japonesa más popular "Aka-tombo" (libélula roja) escrita por Rufu Miki y música compuesta por Kosaku Yamada (Mielewcz, 1982; Eda, 1994). ''This is a phrase from the most popular Japanese lullaby "Aka-Tombo" (red dragonfly) written by Rufu Miki and with music composed by Kosaku Yamada''}}{{cite book |author1=市川健夫 |author2=吉本隆行 |title=信州ふるさとの歌大集成: 胸にしみる懐かしい調べ歌い継がれる信州のこころ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UY1AQAAIAAJ |year=2008 |publisher=一草舎出版 |language=Japanese |pages=17–}}{{cite book |title=The New Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZE4AQAAIAAJ |volume=46-48 |year=1978 |publisher=H.R. Smith Company |pages=37–}}{{Cite AV media notes |author=Paula Scher |title=Make It Bigger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFk9beI13-0C&pg=PT48 |date=1 August 2002 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=978-1-56898-332-5 |pages=48– |quote=AKA TOMBO, with its memories of autumn, is one of the most nostalgic of all Japanese songs. Kosaku Yamada composed songs, orchestral music and operas, as well as fostering the growth of orchestral music and serving as an orchestra conductor. Through the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Eras, he dominated the Japanese orchestral scene. AKA TOMBO is one of three lyric songs by Yamada using verses by Rofu Miki; it was composed in the second year of the Shows Era.}}{{cite book |author=Denis Verroust |title=Jean-Pierre Rampal: un demi-siècle d'enregistrements, de 1946 à 1992 : discographie exhaustive et commentée |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSU5AQAAIAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=La Flûte traversière |language=French |pages=126–}}{{cite book |title=Fanfare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LOW2AAAAIAAJ |series=3-4 |volume=18 |year=1995 |publisher=J. Flegler |pages=374–}}{{cite book |author=Bonnie C. Wade |title=Composing Japanese Musical Modernity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9A6AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |date=13 January 2014 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-08549-4 |pages=41– |quote=... characteristic of traditional koto music, variation 3 was written “with a bit of a modern touch,” while the last (composed when she was twelve years old) was based on the beloved song “Aka tombo” (“Red Dragonfly”), by Kosaku Yamada.}}{{cite book|author=William O. Hughes|title=A concise introduction to school music instruction, K-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qa4QAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Wadsworth Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-534-00897-0|pages=77–|quote=Akatombo (The Scarlet Dragonfly) Words by Rofu Miki Music by Kosaku Yamada Yu - ya - ke ko - ya - ke no A-ka-to - n bo. (end of phrase 2) c1927 by Rofu Miki and Kosaku Yamada. Used by permission of JASRAC, license no. 7912157.}} the inclusion on the Nihon no Uta Hyakusen|list of 100 Japanese songs widely beloved in Japan, from where I have linked to the article, the mention of a few of the arrangements of the song recorded by Western artists, and the |existence of Japanese sources, this song easily meets 
— User:Sam, 16:57, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
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