Kani no Nageki

The Crab's Lament was a stone carving appeared in the Imperial Palace at Toshi Ranbo in the spring of 1172, during the Destroyer War. The statue depicted the figures of samurai warriors, bowed beneath the exhaustion of battle. It spoke of despair and anger, but also of joy and sorrow and even love. It was created by a Crab warrior who carved the statue over the winter while recovering from a severe wound. He used a block of stone from the fallen Kaiu Wall.