Tomonobu Itagaki | SeishirÅ Sakurazuka | Itagaki Taisuke | Keisuke Itagaki | SeishirÅ Itagaki | '''Jinshotai'''(From the left in the bottom row: Ban Gondayu, Itagaki Taisuke |
In the Kwantung Army of Imperial Japan for instance, the Three Crows refer to the Triumvirate of Army War College 24th class graduate Kenji Doihara, Army War College 28th class graduate Itagaki Seishiro and Army War College 30th class Military Sword Club member Kanji Ishiwara: the main masterminds of the Mukden Incident and the subsequent Invasion of China.