Kusunoki Masanori

Kusunoki Masanori (c. 1333–c. 1390) was the third son of Kusunoki Masashige. After his brothers Masatsura and Masatoki fell at Shijōnawate in 1348, he became the Southern Court's foremost general and retook Kyoto from the Northern Court four times between 1352 and 1369, while leading its peace faction.

When peace negotiations failed he defected to the Ashikaga shogunate and served Yoshimitsu, and in 1373 he led the storming of the Southern capital at Amano. After 1379 he returned to the Southern Court and died shortly before the 1392 reunification.