 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe maJapan akatenga Esmeralda nechinangwa chekuishandisa muHondo Yekutanga yeChinese neJapan, cruiser yakasvika muJapan muna Kukadzi 1895 kunonoka kutora chinzvimbo mukukakavadzana. Rakatumidzwazve kuti Izumi, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapane akarishandisa mukupinda muTaiwan pashure pehondogare gare gore iroro. Muna 1899, vaJapan vakatsiva zvombo zvechipiri zvechikepe nepfuti dzinokurumidza kupfura dze4,7-inch uye vakabvisa zvombo zvechikepe kuti zvivandudze kugadzikana kwacho. Makore maviri gare gare, pfuti dzamasendimita gumi dzeIzumi dzakabviswa kuti dzive nezvombo zvinopfura nokukurumidza zvamasendimita matanhatu. Pakati pekugadziriswa, yakaramba iri mubasa rekushanda pamwe neuto rekugara rengarava uye yakabatanidzwa mune izvo US Office of Naval Intelligence yakadana kusvika kure kudzidziswa kwechikepe chakamboitwa neJapan kusvika panguva iyoyo. Yakagoverwa pamwe chete nechikamu chikuru chevamwe vose veJapan Navy, Izumi akagoverwa kune rimwe boka rinodzivisa mvura yegirini uye rimwe boka rinorwisa mvura yebhuruu. 