Willow Bark. Scientific names: Salix alba, Salix purpurea, Salix fragilis, and other species. Common names: Willow also is known as weidenrinde, white willow (S. alba), purple osier willow/basket willow (S. purpurea), and crack willow (S. fragilis).
Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces. Share this: On this day in 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, ostensibly the greatest battleship in the world, is sunk in Japanâs first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japanâs only hope of destroying the Allied fleet off the coast of Okinawa.
â Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch Too ill to travel, now only my autumn dreams survey these withering fields â Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch; this has been called Basho's death poem This snowy morning: cries of the crow I despise (ah, but so beautiful!) â Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch Like a heavy fragrance snow-flakes settle: lilies on the rocks â Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch The poem above also illustrates the simplicity and power of haiku in the hands of a master. My translation has a slightly different take on the poem, and I can't say that my translation is absolutely correct, but I like it.