Sakura
by Maria Angelica Maira
Title
Sakura
Artist
Maria Angelica Maira
Medium
Photograph - Nature Photography - Digital Art - Fine Art Photography
Description
A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is sometimes called sakura after the Japanese.
The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality; for this reason, cherry blossoms are richly symbolic, and have been utilized often in Japanese art, manga, anime, and film, as well as at musical performances for ambient effect.
During World War II, the cherry blossom was used to motivate the Japanese people, to stoke nationalism and militarism among the populace. Even prior to the war, they were used in propaganda to inspire "Japanese spirit, as in the "Song of Young Japan," exulting in warriors who were ready like the myriad cherry blossoms to scatter.
The last message of the forces on Peleliu was "Sakura, Sakura" � cherry blossoms.[
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