Meaning of 榊 in a title and in the name of a training school
Hello!

I'm reading some novel. The story takes its action in a parallel reality based on the beginning of the 20th century. MC's going to 陸軍榊学校 in 静岡. As far as I remember, in Empire of Japan destroyers were named after plants and trees and 'sakaki' (榊) name was allocated for one of them.

But what about the army? Is/was there such a tradition too? Is there some other historical aspect? Or it's just the author's idea and has no relation to reality?

BTW, 榊中将 also was mentioned. Could there be ground forces under jurisdiction the Navy and therefore trained by them?

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I'm sorry if the header's not clear enough. =/

Question

Meaning of 榊 in a title and in the name of a training school
Hello!

I'm reading some novel. The story takes its action in a parallel reality based on the beginning of the 20th century. MC's going to 陸軍榊学校 in 静岡. As far as I remember, in Empire of Japan destroyers were named after plants and trees and 'sakaki' (榊) name was allocated for one of them.

But what about the army? Is/was there such a tradition too? Is there some other historical aspect? Or it's just the author's idea and has no relation to reality?

BTW, 榊中将 also was mentioned. Could there be ground forces under jurisdiction the Navy and therefore trained by them?

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I'm sorry if the header's not clear enough. =/

Answer

Hello there,

What is the title of the novel? I did a quick google search and it seems like 榊 is just a name given by the author and unrelated to history.

Hope this helps.

Best,

-Daiji

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