Kuno clan

The Kuno clan (Japanese: 久野氏, Hepburn: Kuno-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who were a prominent Jizamurai (国人 kokujin) family of Tōtōmi Province during the Muromachi period and Sengoku period. They first served the Imagawa clan (今川氏) for generations but later became retainers of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The surname is sometimes written as "久努", "久奴" or "久能".

Kuno clan
久野
Kuno clan mon
Home provinceTōtōmi
Parent house Fujiwara clan
Kudō clan
Titlesvarious
FounderKuno Munenaka
Final rulerKuno Sumitaka
Founding year13th century
Ruled until1868 (Meiji Restoration)

Origins

Early in the Kamakura period, Kuno Munenaka (久野宗仲) moved to Kuno, Tōtōmi Province and took the place name as his surname founding the Kuno clan. There are several different genealogies of the Kuno clan and it is unknown which is the correct one. In most cases they descend from the Southern House of the Fujiwara clan (藤原南家 Fujiwara Nanke).[1]

Fujiwara Nanke

The Kuno clan of Tōtōmi Province was a branch of the Kudō clan (工藤氏) which descended from the Southern House of the Fujiwara clan (藤原南家 Fujiwara Nanke). The founder of Fujiwara's Southern House was Fujiwara no Muchimaro (680–737). His fifth generation great-grandson, Fujiwara no Tamenori (藤原為憲), founded the Kudō clan. In this genealogy the founder of the Kuno clan, Kuno Munenaka (久野宗仲), is a son of Kudō Kiyonaka (工藤清仲).

Hata clan

Another theory is that the Kuno are descendants of the Hata clan (秦氏), an immigrant family who claimed descent from the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang.

Another theory

In the Seishi-kakei-daijiten (姓氏家系大辞典) family compilation it is in fact recorded that the Kuno clan descend from Kuno Nao (久奴直).

Clan Heads

OrderNameJapaneseLifetimeTitles/AKALineage
1Kuno Munenaka久野宗仲 ? – ?Kudō Munenaka (工藤宗仲)son of Kudō Kiyonaka (工藤清仲)
2Kuno Takakage久野忠景 ? – ?also Tadamune (忠宗)son of #1
3Kuno Kiyomune久野清宗 ? – ?son of #2
4Kuno Kiyonari久野清成 ? – ?son of #3
5Kuno Munemasa久野宗政 ? – ?son of #4
6Kuno Saburōuemon久野三郎右衛門 ? – ?son of #5
7Kuno Tadakiyo久野忠清 ? – ?son of #6
8Kuno Munehiro久野宗弘 ? – ?son of #7
9Kuno Tadamune久野忠宗 ? – ?also Munetaka (宗隆)son of #8
10Kuno Motomune久野元宗 ? –1560son of #9
11Kuno Muneyoshi久野宗能1527–1609younger brother of #10
12Kuno Munenari久野宗成1582–1625Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Tanba-no-kami (丹波守)grandson of #11
13Kuno Muneharu久野宗晴1609–1649Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下)son of #12
14Kuno Munetoshi久野宗俊1643–1706Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Tanba-no-kami (丹波守), Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)son of #13
15Kuno Toshimasa久野俊正1674–1726Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Izumi-no-kami (和泉守), Bingo-no-kami (備後守)son of #14
16Kuno Toshizumi久野俊純1705–1772Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Tanba-no-kami (丹波守), 号華峯son of #15
17Kuno Teruzumi久野輝純1745–1811Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Izumi-no-kami (和泉守), Ōmi-no-kami (近江守)son of #16
18Kuno Masazumi久野昌純1787–1823son of #17
19Kuno Zumikata久野純固1815–1873Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従五位下), Tanba-no-kami (丹波守)son of #18

See also

Notes

References

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