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Kusunoki Masatsura (楠木 正行) Masatsura is Masashige's eldest son, who is inspired to action by tales of Tokiyuki's bravado. Kusunoki Masatoki (楠木 正時) Masatoki is Masashige's second son, who follows in his elder brother and Tokiyuki's footsteps. Prince Munenaga (宗良 親王, Muneyoshi Shinnō)
Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294 – 4 July 1336) 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 .
Ko-shikibu no Naishi (小式部内侍) － Poet; daughter of Michisada; Tachibana no Tamenaka (橘為仲) － Poet; Tachibana no Tōyasu (橘遠保) － Formerly of the Ochi clan, founder of the Iyo Tachibana branch; played an important role in fighting Fujiwara no Sumitomo; Tachibana no Isamu (橘 勇)- medicine, son of Sachiko
One copy is known of the hosoban print of Iwai Hanshirō IV as Kusunoki Masashige's wife Kikusui disguised as O-Hina's daughter O-Toma from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura (四世岩井半四郎の鎌倉稲村が崎のおひな娘おとま実は楠政成妻菊水 Iwai Hanshirō Kamakura no Inamuragasaki no O-Hina musume O-Toma, jitsu wa Kusunoki ...
Kusunoki's success here made up for his loss two years earlier at the siege of Akasaka, where surrender was forced by the denial of water supplies. Unlike at Akasaka, however, Kusunoki made sure that Chihaya could stand effectively against many attacks, which included the Hōjō's use of movable bridges and fire.
Kusunoki Masatsura (楠木 正行, 1326 – 1348) was the eldest son of Kusunoki Masashige (1294 – 1336), and succeeded him as the head of the Kusunoki lineage. Along with his father and his younger brothers Masanori and Masatoki , Masatsura was a supporter of the Southern Imperial Court during Japan's Nanbokucho Wars .
In 1331 the shogunate exiled Go-Daigo but loyalist forces, including Kusunoki Masashige, rebelled and came to his support. [2] They were aided by, among others, future shōgun Ashikaga Takauji, a samurai who had turned against Kamakura when dispatched to put down Go-Daigo's rebellion. [2]
Kusunoki Masahide, a descendant of Kusunoki Masahige, was a supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period (15th century) in Japan. By attempting to restore the dynasty, Masahide followed in stealing the Three Sacred Treasures during the year 1443, then fled with the Southern pretender, Prince Manjuji to the Yoshino mountains.