Noguchi Ujo wrote this poem when he visited Koshoji Temple on Chuo-dori in Nobeoka City, thinking about the Battle of Wadagoe, the site of the final fierce battle of the Seinan War.
[About Noguchi Ujo]
Noguchi Ujo was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1882 (Meiji 15). He entered Tokyo Senmon Gakko (now Waseda University) and studied under Tsubouchi Shoyo, but dropped out after just over a year to begin writing poetry. He left behind many masterpieces and is said to be one of the three greatest children's song poets, along with Kitahara Hakushu and Saijo Yaso.

His representative works include lyrics for children's songs such as "Seven Children," "That Town, This Town," "Raining Moon," "Red Shoes," "The Blue-Eyed Doll," "Soap Bubbles," "The Tanuki-bayashi of Shojoji Temple," "The Rabbit Dance," "The Gold Bug," and "The Straw Bags Rolling," as well as lyrics for songs such as "Namibu no Minato" and "Funado Kouta."
In Nobeoka City, he is also known for writing the school song for Okatomi Elementary School, located at the foot of Mt. Imayama.
Noguchi Ujo visited Nobeoka several times because his colleague, composer and vocalist Gondo Enryu, was born in Koshoji Temple on Chuo-dori Street in Nobeoka City, and his friends Kojima Masaichiro and Gondo Masayuki (former head priest of Koshoji Temple on Chuo-dori Street in Nobeoka City) were also from the area.