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may refer to: * , a Japanese name ** Ōtori taisha (Ōtori Grand Shrine), a Shinto shrine in Osaka, Japan. ** Ōtori-class torpedo boat The were a class of eight fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy built before and operated during World War II. Development To circumvent the terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty, which limited its total destroyer tonnage the Imperia ..., a class of fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ** Japanese torpedo boat ''Ōtori'', two boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy. * , a drinking custom in Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtori
, also transliterated Ootori and Ohtori is a Japanese word meaning "large bird," "a key performer," or a Japanese name. Possible writings Ōtori can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *大鳥, "large bird" or "big bird" *鴻, "Taiga bean goose" or "large bird" ("Oriental stork", "Whooper swan", etc...) *鳳, "Feng" (a male Fenghuang) *鳳凰, "Fenghuang" (Chinese phoenix) *大鳳, "Big Feng" *鵬, "Peng" *大鵬, "Big Peng" (Dapeng) *鷲, "Eagle" *大鷲, "Big Eagle" (Steller's sea eagle) * 大取 ·大取り, "a key performer; last performer of the day" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Surname * Ōtori Keisuke, a Japanese military commander * Ran Ohtori, a member of Takarazuka Revue * Yoshino Ohtori, a Japanese voice actor * Ōtori Tanigorō, a sumo wrestler Fictional characters * Akio Ohtori, ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' * Amane Ohtori, ''Strawberry Panic!'' * Choutarou Ohtori, ''The Prince of Tennis'' * Gen Ohtori, ''Ultraman Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtori Taisha
is a Shinto shrine located in Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Izumi Province. The shrine's main festival is held annually on August 13. Shine name and legend The shrine has been called variously as or in the past. Although is the correct name, “Ōtori Taisha” has gained widespread popular acceptance. According to the shrine's legend, its foundation has strong connections with the Yamato Takeru mythology. According to the '' Kojiki'' and the '' Nihon Shoki'', as the folk hero Yamato Takeru was returning home after his conquests in eastern Japan, he feel ill after blasphemy against the deity of Mount Ibuki and died in Ise Province. However, after he was buried in a burial mound, a white heron emerged from the tomb and flew westward. It stopped at two places (and ''kofun'' were built at each location) before disappearing to the heavens. However, per the legend of this shrine, the white heron made one final stop at the , a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtori-class Torpedo Boat
The were a class of eight fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy built before and operated during World War II. Development To circumvent the terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty, which limited its total destroyer tonnage the Imperial Japanese Navy designed the torpedo boat, but planned to arm it with half the armament of a destroyer. The resultant design was top-heavy and unstable, resulting in the 1934 ''Tomozuru'' Incident, in which one of the ''Chidori''-class vessels capsized. The subsequent investigation revealed the fundamental design flaw, and the four vessels in the class which had been completed were extensively rebuilt, and the remaining sixteen vessels projected were cancelled in favor of a new design which would address these design issues from the beginning. Sixteen ''Ōtori''-class vessels were ordered in the 1934 2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme, of which eight were completed between 1936 and 1937. The remaining eight were cancelled in favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Torpedo Boat Ōtori
Two Japanese warships have borne the name ''Ōtori'': * , a launched in 1904 and stricken in 1923 * , an launched in 1935 and sunk in 1944 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ōtori Imperial Japanese Navy ship names Japanese Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |