Kumaso Province

Kumaso Province or Land of Kumaso^[1] (熊曽国, Kumaso no kuni) was the name of Hyūga Province on the island of Kyushu in the Kojiki.^[2] Its boundaries are within Miyazaki Prefecture.

History

The land of Kumaso is mentioned in the mythological genesis of the island of Kyushu,^[1] and also plays a part in a tale of Yamato Takeru - both recorded in the Kojiki.^[3] The history of Komaso started and ended before the Ritsuryō province system was established at the beginning of the 8th century with the Taihō Code.

References

^ ^a ^b Basil Hall Chamberlain (1883). A Translation of the "Ko-Ji-Ki".
^ Brinkley, Frank. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 40.
^ Burke, Stephania, "Hero's Journey for the Yamato Takeru Myth in Kojiki (712)" Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, History Through Literature Project, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) at the University of California, Berkeley; retrieved 2012-6-24.

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[Chamberlain-1] Basil Hall Chamberlain (1883). A Translation of the "Ko-Ji-Ki".

[2] Brinkley, Frank. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 40.

[3] Burke, Stephania, "Hero's Journey for the Yamato Takeru Myth in Kojiki (712)" Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, History Through Literature Project, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS) at the University of California, Berkeley; retrieved 2012-6-24.

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