Kuno clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kuno.

Kuno clan 久野くの
Kuno clan mon
Home province	Tōtōmi
Parent house	Fujiwara clan Kudō clan
Titles	various
Founder	Kuno Munenaka
Final ruler	Kuno Sumitaka
Founding year	13th century
Ruled until	1868 (Meiji Restoration)

The Kuno clan (Japanese: 久野くの氏し, Hepburn: Kuno-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who were a prominent Jizamurai (国人くにびと kokujin) family of Tōtōmi Province during the Muromachi period and Sengoku period. They first served the Imagawa clan (今川いまがわ氏し) for generations but later became retainers of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The surname is sometimes written as "久ひさ努つとむ", "久ひさ奴やつ" or "久能くのう".

Origins

Early in the Kamakura period, Kuno Munenaka (久野くの宗はじめ仲なか) 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 (藤原ふじわら南みなみ家か Fujiwara Nanke).

Fujiwara Nanke

The Kuno clan of Tōtōmi Province was a branch of the Kudō clan (工藤くどう氏し) which descended from the Southern House of the Fujiwara clan (藤原ふじわら南みなみ家か Fujiwara Nanke). The founder of Fujiwara's Southern House was Fujiwara no Muchimaro (680–737). His fifth generation great-grandson, Fujiwara no Tamenori (藤原ふじわら為ため憲けん), founded the Kudō clan. In this genealogy the founder of the Kuno clan, Kuno Munenaka (久野くの宗はじめ仲なか), is a son of Kudō Kiyonaka (工藤くどう清きよし仲なか).

Hata clan

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

Another theory

In the Seishi-kakei-daijiten (姓氏せいし家系かけい大だい辞典じてん) family compilation it is in fact recorded that the Kuno clan descend from Kuno Nao (久ひさ奴やつ直じき).

Clan Heads

Order	Name	Japanese	Lifetime	Titles/AKA	Lineage
1	Kuno Munenaka	久野くの宗そう仲なか	? – ?	Kudō Munenaka (工藤くどう宗はじめ仲なか)	son of Kudō Kiyonaka (工藤くどう清きよし仲なか)
2	Kuno Takakage	久野くの忠ただし景けい	? – ?	also Tadamune (忠ちゅう宗むね)	son of #1
3	Kuno Kiyomune	久野くの清きよし宗むね	? – ?		son of #2
4	Kuno Kiyonari	久野くの清成きよなり	? – ?		son of #3
5	Kuno Munemasa	久野くの宗そう政まさし	? – ?		son of #4
6	Kuno Saburōuemon	久野くの三郎さぶろう右みぎ衛門えもん	? – ?		son of #5
7	Kuno Tadakiyo	久野くの忠清ただきよ	? – ?		son of #6
8	Kuno Munehiro	久野くの宗弘むねひろ	? – ?		son of #7
9	Kuno Tadamune	久野くの忠ただし宗むね	? – ?	also Munetaka (宗そう隆たかし)	son of #8
10	Kuno Motomune	久野くの元もと宗むね	? –1560		son of #9
11	Kuno Muneyoshi	久野くの宗はじめ能のう	1527–1609		younger brother of #10
12	Kuno Munenari	久野くの宗そう成しげる	1582–1625	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Tanba-no-kami (丹波たんば守まもる)	grandson of #11
13	Kuno Muneharu	久野くの宗晴むねはる	1609–1649	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か)	son of #12
14	Kuno Munetoshi	久野くの宗俊むねとし	1643–1706	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Tanba-no-kami (丹波たんば守まもる), Izumi-no-kami (和泉いずみ守まもる)	son of #13
15	Kuno Toshimasa	久野くの俊正としまさ	1674–1726	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Izumi-no-kami (和泉いずみ守まもる), Bingo-no-kami (備後びんご守もり)	son of #14
16	Kuno Toshizumi	久野くの俊しゅん純じゅん	1705–1772	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Tanba-no-kami (丹波たんば守まもる), 号ごう華はな峯みね	son of #15
17	Kuno Teruzumi	久野くの輝あきら純じゅん	1745–1811	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Izumi-no-kami (和泉いずみ守まもる), Ōmi-no-kami (近江おうみ守まもる)	son of #16
18	Kuno Masazumi	久野くの昌純まさずみ	1787–1823		son of #17
19	Kuno Zumikata	久野くの純じゅん固かた	1815–1873	Ju-goi-no-ge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade 従したがえ五ご位い下か), Tanba-no-kami (丹波たんば守まもる)	son of #18

See also

• Fujiwara clan
• Nanke (Fujiwara)
• Hata clan
• Mihara Domain

References

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