Toha Kuroda Watch

Fujimon/Bizen and Harima were the four Muromachi bakufu posts, and the Akamatsu family shugo (provincial constable of the Akamatsu family)...Mototaka KURODA, who served the Kodera family, which was a powerful family of Akamatsu and had power in Nishiharima, was accepted by his lord, adopted his daughter, changed his family name and became a small temple. His son was Kanbe, and later Yoshitaka (his pseudonym was Josui). When Nobunaga's great achievement of Tenka-fubu advanced to the stage of Chugoku Uryaku , Himeji-jo Castle was offered to Hideyoshi's advance base. In Himeji, Mototaka was a castle commander and was under the custody of the Kodera family. In later years, 'Fujiha,' known as 'Kuroda Toha,' also came from the Kodera family. (Written by Kenichi TAKAHASHI, "The Family Crest of Daimyo")