Kusunoki Masashige
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Kusunoki Masashige, or Dai Nankô, was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai.
Portrait of Kusunoki Masashige by Kanō Sanraku, c. before 1635
Equestrian statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
The same statue from a different angle, close-up.
Equestrian statue of Kusunoki Masashige at the entrance to Kanshin-ji in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture.
Taira no Shigemori
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Taira no Shigemori was the eldest regent of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He supported his father in the Heiji Rebellion. He died two years before his father. His son, Taira no Koremori
Kusunoki Masashige
…government in 1880, over 500 years after his death. He was highly regarded as one of "Japan's three loyal retainers" along with Fujifusa Madenokoji and Taira no Shigemori. Kusunoki Masashige's origin has not been validated and it was merely six years between the start of his military campaign in 1331 and his demise in…
Shigemori by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Taira no Shigemori sending gold to the Temple of King Ashoka in China to pray for the prosperity of the Taira clan