page_title: Japanese cruiser Itsukushima
section_title: Service record
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese cruiser Itsukushima / Service record
caption_attribution_description: Japanese cruiser Itsukushima in 1893
context_page_description: Itsukushima was the lead ship in the Matsushima class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Like her sister ships, the name Itsukushima comes from one of the traditional Three Views of Japan, in this case, the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima prefecture on the Seto Inland Sea, home to a famous Shinto shrine dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten.
context_section_description: Itsukushima was accepted by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 3 September 1891, and departed Toulon for Japan on 12 November. However, during the voyage, her tube boilers began to leak profusely, and she had to be repaired in Colombo Ceylon by a repair team sent from France. She was only able to depart Colombo on 18 April 1892, arriving at Kure Naval District on 21 May 1892.
caption: In 1893
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