Kumaso
Sign in to savethumb|Prince Yamato Takeru attacking Kawakami Takeru (by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi) The were a prehistoric (semi-legendary) people of ancient Japan mentioned in the Kojiki, believed to have lived in the south of Kyūshū 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.
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6 sectionsContents
- Hypothesized origin
- Overview
- Legacy
- People of the Kumaso mentioned in the Nihongi
- See also
- References
thumb|Prince Yamato Takeru attacking Kawakami Takeru (by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi) The were a prehistoric (semi-legendary) people of ancient Japan mentioned in the Kojiki, believed to have lived in the south of Kyūshū 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.
== Hypothesized origin == Scholars, such as Kakubayashi Fumio, "although information is extremely limited" concluded that they were of Austronesian origin based on some linguistic and cultural evidence, theorising that the word kaya, present in personal names or titles, such as Torishi-Kaya, has the same root as Tagalog kaya 'ability; capability; competence; resources; wealth' and Malay and Indonesian kaya 'rich, wealthy, having wealth'. The so in Kumaso was also hypothesized to share the same origin from proto-Austronesian Cau 'people', like Tagalog tao.