<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: yakanga iri ngarava inotungamirira yekirasi yake yezvikepe zvehondo Sōkō junyōkan yakavakirwa Imperial Japanese Navy IJN mukupera kwema1890. Sezvo Japan yakanga isina mano okuvaka ngarava dzehondo dzakadaro, ngarava yacho yakavakwa muBritain. Yakashanda muRusso-Japanese War ya1904-05 panguva iyo yaakatora chikamu muHondo yeChemulpo Bay uye  <response>: Hondo yeGungwa reYellow isina kukuvara, kunyange zvazvo rombo rake risina kumira panguva yeHondo yeTsushima. Pakuvamba muHondo yeNyika I, Asama akatsvaka pasina kubudirira vapambi vezvokutengeserana veGermany kutozosvikira akakuvadzwa zvakakomba apo akaenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yeMexico mukuvamba kwa1915. Kugadziriswa kwakatora makore maviri kuti apedziswe uye iye ainyanya kushandiswa sechikepe chekudzidzisa kwebasa rake rose. Ngarava yacho yakaita nzendo dzokurovedza dzinokwana 12 isati yaremara pashure pokunayazve muna 1935. Asama akabva ava ngarava yokudzidzisa yakamira kusvikira yaputswa muna 1946-1947. 