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楠木正成
A warrior from Kawachi in the late Kamakura and early Nanboku-cho periods. He fought the Kamakura shogunate on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo and built Chihaya Castle in 1332.
In the 1333 siege of Chihaya, the Taiheiki says he dropped rocks, logs and boiling water from the cliffs and used straw dummies to fake attacks, and the castle is said never to have fallen. He later died by his own hand after defeat at the Battle of Minatogawa.
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Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
千早城
The mountain fort on Mt. Kongo where Kusunoki Masashige held out with a small force and was never taken by the Kamakura shogunate's huge army.
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Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
千早城
The mountain fort on Mt. Kongo where Kusunoki Masashige held out with a small force and was never taken by the Kamakura shogunate's huge army.
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Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
上赤坂城
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Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
下赤坂城
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Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
下赤坂城
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Kawachinagano, Osaka
烏帽子形城
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Tondabayashi, Osaka
嶽山城
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Tondabayashi, Osaka
金胎寺城
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