As wind-instrument music originally belonged to the Occident, however, it was not accustomed in Japan in the beginning of the Meiji Period and, at first, there were no words to translate "national anthem."
しかしそもそも吹奏楽は西洋のものであって、明治初年の日本ではなじみがなく、当初はNationalanthemの訳語もなかった。