Under the Kenmu Government, Chikamitsu YUKI, Masashige KUSUNOKI, Tadaaki CHIGUSA and Nagatoshi NAWA (the Governor of Hoki Province) were collectively called the 'Sanboku Isso' (literally, the three trees [ki in Japanese] and the single grass [gusa in Japanese], implying part of the sound of each person's name or title).
建武政権では親光と楠木正成、千種忠顕、名和長年を合わせて「三木一草」と併称した。