Kikuo-maru was a young man, 18 years old, who had served Noritsune's elder brother, Michimori, and Noritsune stopped fighting to mourn the death of Kikuo-maru.
菊王丸は亡き兄通盛に仕えていた18歳の若者で、教経は菊王丸の死を悼んで戦をやめてしまった。