Minonosakino kuninomiyatsuko (三野前国造)

Minonosakino kuninomiyatsuko 三野前国造 (also known as Minonosakinokokuzo, Minonomichinokuchi no kuninomiyatsuko, and Minonomichinokuchikokuzo) was kuninomiyatsuko (local ruling families in ancient Japan) ruled Mino Province. It was also written as 美濃国造.

Ancestor

According to "Kuninomiyatsuko hongi," Yatsurinoirihiko no miko was the ancestor. The clan was supposed to be descended from Motosu kuninomiyatsuko.

Clan

The Mino clan. Kabane was Atai. The clan was descended from the same line as the Minomotosu clan.

Base

Mino Province. Present Mino area in Gifu Prefecture.

Local tutelar deity

An enshrined deity of the Nangu-taisha Shrine, Mino mikoto, is supposed to be the progenitor of the clan.

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