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There was a revival of the yamato-e style in the 15th century by the Tosa school, including a return to narrative subjects, and although the rival Kanō school grew out of the alternative tradition of Chinese-style works, the style it developed from the late 16th century for large paintings decorating Japanese castles included some elements of ...
In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship in the world, and nine other Japanese warships, embarked from Japan for a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. The Japanese force was attacked by U.S. carrier-borne aircraft before it could reach Okinawa; Yamato and five other Japanese warships ...
Scene from a long narrative scroll retelling the history of a Buddhist monastery, by Tosa Mitsunobu (1434–1535). The Tosa school (土佐派, Tosa-ha) of Japanese painting was founded in the early Muromachi period (14th–15th centuries), [1] and was devoted to yamato-e, paintings specializing in subject matter and techniques derived from ancient Japanese art, as opposed to schools influenced ...
Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi, were a central element of Japan's "Decisive Battle" doctrine. The Decisive Battle Doctrine (艦隊決戦, Kantai Kessen, "naval fleet decisive battle") was a naval strategy adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to the Second World War.
Requiem for Battleship Yamato (戦艦大和ノ最期, lit. The Last Days of the Battleship Yamato (Senkan Yamato no Saigo)) is a book by Mitsuru Yoshida. It tells the story of the Japanese battleship Yamato's last battle, Operation Ten-Go in 1945, when the ship was sunk, which the author experienced himself. It was first published in 1949.
Wadaiko Yamato, Japanese musical group; Yamato, about the World War II battleship Yamato; Space Battleship Yamato, Japanese live action film; Yamato Man, a robot master in Mega Man 6 and Mega Man Battle Network 3; Yamato, the signature sword wielded by Vergil in the Devil May Cry franchise; The Ark of Yamato, an area in the video game Ōkami
It was renamed in 1874 to the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (陸軍士官学校, Rikugun Shikan Gakkō) and relocated to Ichigaya, Tokyo. The second Army Academy was built by the second French Military Mission to Japan. The inauguration was in 1875. This was an important Military Academy for Japanese Army officers.
With Kurita concluding he had sunk at least two fleet carriers, two cruisers, and two destroyers, and under fear of follow up air attacks causing more losses, he ordered the Japanese ships, Yamato included, to retreat from the battle, meaning the Japanese's primary objectives, the American troop convoys, remained untouched by Japanese surface ...