Warship March

Warship March was composed as the official Imperial Navy March in 1900. Currently, it is the official March of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Tokichi Setoguchi, director of the Imperial Navy Band, composed the melody line of the first strain, based on the navy song “Warship (Gunkan)” written by Hiraku Toriyama. The melodic line at the trio is based on the melody of Ceremonial Music “Umi-Yukaba.”