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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hemicrepidius kumaso is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Elateridae Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine in Synopsis...

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...

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...

Yamatai. Using her army, led by feudal general Sarutahiko, to invade the Kumaso, she seeks the Phoenix and eternal youth. Future (未来編, Mirai-hen) The second...

Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo Wajin Post-classical Ainu...

Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo Wajin Post-classical Ainu...

the Kojiki, Takeru disguised as woman and assassinated two leaders of the Kumaso group. Although its unlikely related to the commonly known ninja of later...

Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo Wajin Post-classical Ainu...

(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...

against a tribe in Tsukushi (located in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture) called Kumaso. On the eve of battle though, his wife was suddenly possessed by some unknown...

the Kumaso people of the early Jōmon period. Archeological digs in the Manzen district have revealed ancient artifacts most likely used by the Kumaso. Kumaso...

“land of the Kumaso” (熊曽国) of Tsukushi-no-shima (Kyushu), which is named along with the provinces of Tsukushi, Toyo and Hi. The Kumaso people were subjugated...

society. It is suggested that Japanese tribes like the Hayato people, the Kumaso, and the Azumi were of Austronesian origin. Until today, local traditions...

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...

establishment of the Ritsuryō system in 701, Ōsumi was a stronghold of the Kumaso people, an Austronesian tribe which was conquered (per the Kojiki and Nihon...

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...

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...

evidence of a racial link between the Japanese of southern Kyūshū (the Kumaso) and the peoples of the Pacific islands. Nanshin-ron appeared in Japanese...

in ancient times. Ruins surrounding this as well historical sites of the Kumaso Aborigines, who wielded power anciently in southern Kyushu, offer us many...

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...

Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo Wajin Post-classical Ainu...

son to leave the castle and not return until the barbarians living in the Kumaso domain are dealt with. The prince makes haste to complete this task, stopping...