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Yamato (great peace) is the name of several places, times and things in Japan: the dominant Yamato peoples of ancient Japan Yamato, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture Yamato, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture Yamato, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture Yamato, Niigata, a town in Niigata Prefecture Yamato, Yamanashi, a village in Yamanashi Prefecture Yamato, Gifu, a former town in Gifu Prefecture (now part of the city of Gujo) Yamato, Yamaguch ...

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When Ashikaga Takauji, rebelling against Emperor Go-Daigo's Kemmu Restoration, entered Kyōto in 1336, Go-Daigo fled to Enryakuji on Mount Hiei. Despite lacking the sacred treasures, Prince Yutahito was enthroned as emperor, beginning the Northern Court. On the 12th day, 21st day, Go-Daigo escaped to Yoshino, founding the Southern Court. On November 18, 1348, he abdicated in favor of the eldest son of his older brother, the former claimant to the throne Emperor Kōgon, who beca ...

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During the Tempyō period, people suffered from disasters and epidemics. In 743, Emperor Shōmu issued a law that the people should make a Buddha to protect themselves. He believed in Buddha's power could help the people. 420,000 people contributed and 2,180,000 people worked to build it. The Great Buddha itself was designed by Kuninaka-no-muraji Kimimaro whose grandfather was an immigrant from the Korean Baekje Kingdom. According to legend, nearly 2,600,000 in total helped construct the Buddha at that time; this number equates to nearly the ...

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In 1326, he became Crown Prince to the Daikakuji Emperor Go-Daigo. At this period of Japanese history, by a decision of the Kamakura shogunate, every 10 years the throne would alternate between the Daikakuji and Jimyōin lines. However, Go-Daigo did not comply with this policy. In 1331, when Go-Daigo's plan to overthrow the shogunate became public, the Shogunate seized him and enthroned Kōgon on October 22. The next year, Go-Daigo travelled to Oki Pr ...

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The word maru (丸, meaning "circle") is often attached to Japanese ship names. There are several theories associated with this practice. The most common is that ships were thought of as floating castles, and the word referred to the defensive "circles" or maru that protected the castle. Another explanation is that the suffix -maru is often applied to words representing something that is beloved and that sailors applied this suffix to their ships. A third explanation is that the term maru is used in divination and represents perfection ...

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The Yamato class were designed in the post Washington Naval Treaty period. The treaty had been extended by the London Naval Treaty of 1930 which limited the signatories to no battleship production before 1937 - the Japanese withdrew from the Treaty at the Second London conference of 1936. Design work on the class began in 1934 and after modifications the design for a 68,000 ton vessel was accepted in March 1937. The Yamato was built at a specially prepared dock at Kure Naval Dockyards beginning on 4 November 1937. She was launc ...

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He lived during the conflict between the Northern and Southern Courts. When Emperor Go-Daigo began his Kemmu Restoration, the still very young prince, along with Kitabatake Akiie, in 1333 went to Tagajō in what is now Miyagi Prefecture, at the time Mutsu Province, to return the eastern samurai to their allegiance and destroy the remnants of the Hōjō clan. However, in 1335, because Ashikaga Takauji had raised a rebellion, the Emperor returned to the west along with Kitabatake Chikafusa, the father of Akiie, in order to defeat Takauji. When ...

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(Northern) Kemmu (continued) Ryakuō Kōei Jōwa (Southern) Engen Kōkoku Shōhei ...

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Yamato was the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from 12 February 1942, replacing Nagato. She took part in the Midway operation in June, 1942, but took no active part in the Battle of Midway. She remained the flagship for 364 days until February 11, 1943, when the flag was transferred to her sister ship Musashi. From 29 August 1942 through to 8 May 1943, she spent all of her time at Truk, being underway for only 1 day during this entire time. In May 1943, she returned to Kure where the two wing 15.5 cm turrets were re ...

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(Both) Genkō (North) Shōkei (South) (Continued Genkō) ...

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Southern Engen Kōkoku Shōhei Northern Ryakuō Kōei Jōwa Kan'ō or Kannō Bunna Embun Kōan Jōji Ōan ...

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Prior to the end of World War II Japanese ship names were rendered in kanji, after the end of the war this tradition was abandoned in favor of hiragana to separate the perception of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces from the old navy. Since the war, the self-defense forces have reused the names of many of the World War II ships but have not assigned them in any systematic way. ...

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When the Imperial Japanese Navy was formed the Ministry of the Navy submitted potential ship names to the Emperor for approval. During the early years ships were often donated by the Shogunate or Japanese clans and the original clan names were kept. In 1891 the procedure was changed due to changes in the government structure. Two ship names were submitted by the Minister of the Navy to the Lord Chamberlain who then presented the choices to the Emperor. The Emperor co ...

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