We can have a glimpse of the plight of the national anthem in the following part of the written report for revising the musical score of "Kimigayo" submitted to the Chief of the Bureau of Naval Affair in 1876 by Suketsune NAKAMURA, who was the Kapellmeister of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
そういった国歌の有り様は、1876年（明治9年）に、海軍楽長・中村裕庸が海軍軍務局長宛に出した「君が代」楽譜を改訂する上申書の以下の部分でもうかがえる。