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Kusunoki Masashige
14th-century Japanese samurai
In this Japanese name, the surname is Kusunoki.
Kusunoki Masashige Senior First Rank | |
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Portrait of Kusunoki Masashige by Kanō Sanraku, c.&#;before | |
| Born | |
| Died | 4 July () (aged&#;41–42) |
| Resting place | Kanshin-ji |
| Monuments | Hōken-tō Various statues |
| Other&#;names | Dai Nankō, Hyōe-no-Jō, Saemon-no-Jō, Jō |
| Occupation | Samurai |
| Known&#;for | Overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate, ideal samurai loyalty |
Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, – 4 July ) was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai.
Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court. Kusunoki was a leading figure of the Kenmu Restoration in , and remained loyal to the unpopular Emperor Go-Daigo after Ashikaga Takauji began to reverse the restoration in the Nanboku-chō wars three years later.
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