Looking about my feet, I found a pair of thin, matted wooden clogs, and I heard some one in the house saying, "Now we're banzai."
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
One might form the idea by thinking it a combination of the Mikawa banzai and the Fudarakuya.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
Forward went the line, until every man had been smitten down, and the last brave throat had shouted its last shrill "banzai!"
"Peeps at Many Lands: Japan"
John Finnemore