Kumaso

The Kumaso (熊襲) were a mythical people of ancient Japan mentioned in the Kojiki,^[1]^[2] believed to have lived in the south of Kyūshū^[3] until at least the Nara period. The last leader of the Kumaso, Torishi-Kaya was killed by Yamato Takeru in 397. The name of Kumamoto Prefecture originates from the Kumaso people.

^ 角林, 文雄「隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族」、『京都産業大学日本文化研究所紀要』第3号、京都産業大学、1998年3月、 ISSN 13417207
^ Kidder, Jonathan Edward (2007). Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830359.
^ Aston, W. G. (1896). "Book VII" . Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. p. 192, note 3 – via Wikisource. The country of the Kumaso was the southern part of the island of Kiushiu corresponding to the present provinces of Hiuga, Ohosumi, and Satsuma. Kuma and So are the names of two tribes. [scan ]

[1] 角林, 文雄「隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族」、『京都産業大学日本文化研究所紀要』第3号、京都産業大学、1998年3月、 ISSN 13417207

[2] Kidder, Jonathan Edward (2007). Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830359.

[nihongi_viii_p192_n3-3] Aston, W. G. (1896). "Book VII" . Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. p. 192, note 3 – via Wikisource. The country of the Kumaso was the southern part of the island of Kiushiu corresponding to the present provinces of Hiuga, Ohosumi, and Satsuma. Kuma and So are the names of two tribes. [scan ]

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