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| Keywords: Seki photo ma1944-10-20.jpg The photograph shows the men of the first actual Kamikaze unit to make an attack on a US ship The men are being offerred a ceremonial toast of water as a farewell Yukio Seki the leader of the first kamikaze unit is shown with a cup in his hands and Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi who organized the first kamikaze unit is in the middle of the photo facing the five men of the Shikishima Unit The man offering the cup is likely Seki's officer Asaiki Tamai Note similarity to the painting at http //wgordon web wesleyan edu/kamikaze/museums/etajima/index htm Given the huge numbers of similarities of pose and clothing it is hard not to believe that it wasn't based on this photo One difference is that the figures are much taller and thinner in the painting This could be due to distortions in copying the photo or deliberate distortion of the painting to make heros appear taller and thinner than they are in real life Source http //www geocities jp/torikai007/1945/kamikaze html PD-Japan-oldphoto Kamikaze People of the Imperial Japanese Navy Yukio Seki | ||||
