Mr. Kusano - Kusanouji

Japanese: 草野氏 - くさのうじ

A powerful samurai family in Hizen and Chikugo during the Middle Ages. Descendants of the government officials (Dazaifu officials). They were of the same clan as the Kikuchi clan of Higo and the Takagi clan of Hizen, and their original surname was Fujiwara. Their main family was Hizen, and they belonged to the Matsuura clan. At the end of the Heian period, Kusano Eihei was recommended by Minamoto no Yoritomo and was confirmed as both the provincial governor and the governor of Chikugo, and the chief priest of Hizen Kagami Shrine, for his meritorious work on the side of the Minamoto clan, when the various clans in his jurisdiction were allied with the Taira clan. The Illustrated Story of the Mongol Invasions depicts Tsunehisa (dharma name Enshu) fighting bravely. During the Nanboku-cho period, Tsunehisa was based in Kusano Castle in Yamamoto County and initially worked on the side of the samurai, but as the Southern Court's Seiseifu advanced into Chikugo, Nagayuki (Sachi) followed Kikuchi Takemitsu and fought in various places.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世，肥前，筑後に勢力のあった武家。府官(大宰府官人)の出。肥後の菊池氏や肥前の高木氏と同族で本姓藤原という。肥前が本貫で松浦（まつら）党に属す。平安末期，草野永平は管内諸氏が平家与同する中でいちはやく源氏方として活動した功により，源頼朝の推挙をえて筑後在国司･押領使両職，肥前鏡社大宮司職を安堵された。《蒙古襲来絵詞》には経永(法名円種)が奮戦した様子が描かれている。南北朝期，山本郡草野城にあって当初武家方として活動したが，永行(幸)は南朝征西府の筑後進出にともない，菊池武光に従って各地を転戦した。

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