Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan

Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan. The mian image shows Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo, taking leave of his son at Sakurai-no-Eki before heading off to war. The inset image shows the Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan. Date: 14th century

Kusunoki Masashige

Kusunoki Masashige

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's 14th century warlord Kusunoki Masashige as depicted in a drawing owned by the Chihaya-Akasaka Village folk museum in Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Minatogawa Shrine

Minatogawa Shrine

Located about 200 meters north of JR Kobe Station in Chuo Ward, Minatogawa Shinto Shrine is dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, who killed himself here after being defeated by the Ashikaga clan in the Battle of Minatogawa in 1336. The building in the centre is the praying hall, and the one behind it is the main hall. This photograph was apparently taken in the first half of the Meiji Period. A stone monument erected by Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni in 1692 still exists.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐43‐0]

Statue of Nanko

Statue of Nanko

The statue of Kusunoki Masashige riding a horse, located at the south eastern corner of the surroundings the Imperial Palace. It was built in 1897, and was called the three statues of Tokyo together with the statue of Omura Masujiro at Yasukuni Shrine and Saigo Takamori at Ueno park.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐149‐0]

Kusunokiko-dera Temple

Kusunokiko-dera Temple

The Bodaiji (family temple) of Kusunoki Masashige who died in the war of Minatogawa. The formal name of the temple is Kogenji. The photo shows many shops on both sides of the stone pavement leading to the main hall.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐28‐0]