Kumagai Naozane:

Kumagai Naozane, a mighty general of the Genji (Minamoto clan), slew Taira no Atsumori, a young nobleman of the rival Heike (Taira clan), in a battle at the Bay of Suma.  This historical fact was dramatized in a fictitious plot in the well-known play Ichinotani Futaba Gunki (Ichinotani War Chronicle), in which Kumagai, out of compassion for the enchanting grace of the youth, sacrifices his own son Kojiro as a subsititute.  Before leaving for the front, Kumagai had been given by his master, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, together with a blossoming cherry branch, a tablet on which was inscribed This blossom is never found in the Konan area.   Kumagai interpreted this as his master's wish to save the life of the scion of the nobility, whom his master compared to that of a cherry blossom in the area.  In sparing the life of Atsumori, Kumagai desperately resorted to the trick of making his son a scapegoat for Atsumori.  The blossom in this drama is the cherry, but the wording this blossom used in classical literature signifies a plum.  Kumagai and plum blossoms were combined in this context.  The actor portraying Kumagai is Nakamura Shikan IV.
Overall dimensions: 9" by 11.5" (excluding frame, approximately)