Historical ethnic group inhabiting southern Kyūshū
Prince Yamato Takeru attacking Kawakami Takeru (by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi)
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.
^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]
The Kumaso (熊襲) were a mythical people of ancient Japan mentioned in the Kojiki, believed to have lived in the south of Kyūshū until at least the Nara...
Kumaso Province or Land of Kumaso (熊曽国, Kumaso no kuni) was the name of Hyūga Province on the island of Kyushu in the Kojiki. Its boundaries are within...
Hemicrepidius kumaso is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Elateridae Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine in Synopsis...
name. The Hayato might have been the same as the Kumaso group of around the same time, but while the Kumaso are mentioned in the more legendary portions of...
Province, today the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture, and then the land of Kumaso, today Kumamoto Prefecture. However, Takeru succeeded in defeating his enemies...
Jimmu, originated from the Kumaso territory of Takachiho, Hyūga Province in present-day Kyushu's southeastern section. The Kumaso were also associated with...
Tang'yŏm ippon wanghoe to (唐閻立本王會圖). 6th century, China. Envoys visiting the Tang Emperor. From left to right: Wa (Kumaso), Silla, Baekje ambassadors...
believed to have lived in the west of Kyūshū in the Hi Province (肥国). Kumaso Shinji Nishimura (1934). A Study of the Ancient Ships of Japan: The hisago-bune...
disguised himself as a charming maiden and assassinated two chiefs of the Kumaso people. However, these records take place at a very early stage of Japanese...
Prince Yamato Takeru and Susanoo Takashi Shimura as Elder Kumaso Kōji Tsuruta as Younger Kumaso Nakamura Ganjirō II as Emperor Keikō Akira Takarada as Prince...
bear god to his home. Animal worship Arctic Arcturus Artemis Berserker Kumaso Kalevala Rock carvings at Alta Shardik (fantasy novel by Richard Adams centered...
(球磨川) and Kuma District (球磨郡). The Kuma element also appears in the ancient Kumaso. Kumamoto Prefecture is in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the...
of the 7th century Hyūga (Nisshū, Kōshū) (日向国 (日州, 向州)) – earlier called Kumaso Province (熊曾国) Ōsumi (Gūshū) (大隅国 (隅州)) – divided from Hyūga Province in...
an uncivilized life. Historian Sōkichi Tsuda (ja) points out that unlike Kumaso and Emishi, Tsuchigumo is not treated as a group in the Fudoki, but as an...
society. It is suggested that Japanese tribes like the Hayato people, the Kumaso, and the Azumi were of Austronesian origin. Until today, local traditions...
Shigenobu proposed that Kyūshū nengō (九州年号), said to have been used in ancient Kumaso, should also be considered a form of shinengō. This claim is not generally...
have precedence in the 700s when Austronesian peoples like the Hayato and Kumaso settled in Japan and culturally mediated with the locals and their Austronesian...
of Atsuta. At one time, when Emperor Chūai was on a campaign against the Kumaso tribes of Kyushu, his consort Jingū was possessed by unknown gods who told...
being the son of the previous emperor. Died during a campaign against the Kumaso tribe. Presumed legendary. – Okinagatarashi 息長帯比売 Empress Jingū 神功皇后 201–269...
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