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Kusunoki Masashige

楠木正成
alternative words: Masashige Kusunoki
keywords: famous person , war lord
related topics: Muromachi period , Ashikaga Takauji , Emperor Godaigo , Shugo , Nanbokucho period
related web sites: http://homepage2.nifty.com/kanemasu/iwawakidou-unntiku-kusunokimasasige.htm
explanation: Born in 1294 in the family of a local seignior in Osaka region. Responding to an appeal of Emperor Godaigo in 1331 to overthrow Kamakura shogunate, he resisted in Akasaka castle then Chihaya castle. By his heroic battle, he encouraged others to follow him. After the collapse of Kamakura shogunate, he became Shugo of Osaka region. When Ashikaga Takuuji betrayed Emperor Godaigo, he chased Takauji to Kyushu but he was killed in the second battle at Minatogawa of Kobe in 1336.


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