Akiie KITABATAKE used this emblem on his flag and fought against Takauji ASHIKAGA until Takauji at one time was driven to take his own life in an instant.
北畠顕家はこの風林火山の旗印を立てて奮戦し、一度は足利尊氏をあわや自害のところまで追い込んだのである。