The mounting shows damage, and the overall size, not including the ends of the scroll, is approximately 200cm x 44cm. Kōhei Kashii (香椎 浩平, Kashii Kōhei, January 25, 1881 – December 3, 1954) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He graduated from the 12th class of the Army Academy and the 21st class of the Army War College. His final rank was Lieutenant General. His honors included Senior Fourth Rank, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class, and 4th Class Merit. Born in Ōkuma Town, Kaho District, Fukuoka Prefecture (present-day Kama City), he was the second son of Masaru Kashii, a samurai. After attending the Army Cadet School in Ichigaya, he graduated from the Army Officer Academy (12th class) in November 1900. His classmates included Gen Sugiyama, Shunroku Hata, Kuniaki Koiso, Harushige Ninomiya, and Heisuke Yanagawa. In 1904, he participated in the Russo-Japanese War as a company commander and was wounded. After returning to Japan, he was promoted to captain in the army. In 1909, he graduated from the Army War College (21st class). His classmates included Juichi Terauchi, Kenkichi Ueda, Kotaro Nakamura, Giichi Nishi, Mikio Furusho, Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, and Jiro Tamon. Afterwards, he steadily rose through the ranks, serving as military attaché to the German Embassy and concurrently military attaché to the Swedish Legation, commander of the 46th Infantry Regiment, commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade, and principal of the Army Toyama School, and in 1934, he became the commander of the 6th Division. At the time of the February 26th Incident, Kashii held the position of Security Commander, responsible for the security of the capital. However, he was completely unaware of the incident, learning about it for the first time via a phone call early in the morning. In the afternoon of the same day, an Army Minister's announcement was issued with the aim of resolving the rebellion peacefully, but the wording "true intention" was replaced with "action," causing confusion among the units that did not participate in the rebellion. It has been revealed that this rewording was done at the direction of Kashii, who was sympathetic to the young officers. [Note 1] Afterwards, even after issuing security orders to formally incorporate the rebel units under military command, and even after being appointed as the Martial Law Commander, he hesitated to use military force to suppress the rebellion until the 28th, attempting to obtain an Imperial Rescript from the Emperor [1]. Although this did not affect the trial of Isobe and others [Note 2], Kashii himself was investigated by the military police and legal officers while on standby, and was ordered to appear before a court-martial after being transferred to the reserve. [2] According to Kashii, the security orders to incorporate the rebel units were a kind of stratagem, necessary to resolve the situation without bloodshed. Despite the legal officers' eagerness to uncover the truth, there was no evidence to support that he actually aided the rebellion, and he was ultimately not indicted. In February 1945, at the end of the war, he left Tokyo and returned to Fukuoka. He then lived in retirement and died in 1954. He was 73 years old.