Akatombo
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Akatombo (赤とんぼ, Akatonbo, "Red Dragonfly") is a famous Japanese nursery rhyme. It depicts the sunset with red dragonflies and shows scenes of homesickness.
This song closely resembles a musical phrase that is repeated 18 times in Robert Schumann's "Introduction and Concert-Allegro,. 134 Op".