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[Minato-gawa Shrine, Kôbe] Kusunoki Masashige's Grave This gravestone was erected on the twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month, 1692, by Tokugawa Mitsukuni, 350 years after the death of Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336). The eight characters on the front of the monument, "The grave of the loyal retainer, Kusunoki," were written by Mitsukuni himself in vermilion ink.  Kusunoki Masashige's Grave |
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NPO Hiroshima kagura Art Laboratory |