 These names were taken from a patriotic poem (waka or tanka), "Shikishima no Yamato-gokoro wo hito towaba, asahi ni niou yamazakura bana" by the Japanese classical scholar, Motoori Norinaga.This also drew upon popular symbolism in Japan of the fall of the cherry blossom as a symbol of mortality.These, and other kamikaze attackers, were acclaimed as national heroes.