Kajiwara Genda Kagesuye fighting at Ikuta-no-mori with a plum branch (umegae) stuck in his armor.

By Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

This fierce warrior fought at the battle of Ikuta (in the Gempei War, on the side of the Minamoto) with a branch of plum blossom thrust into his quiver (ebira), a reminder of his love and was the inspiration for the noh drama of that name. During the battle, he lost his helmet, and the motif of a helmet with a branch of plum blossom was sometimes used in art.

http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/Heroic%20Compariso...he%20Chapters%20of%20Genji.htm

http://ichijoji.blogspot.com/2011/02/plum-lore.html 

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