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[[Image:Kuroda_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Kuroda kamon.]]

[[Image:Kuroda_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Kuroda kamon.]]

The Kuroda were descended from the [[Sasaki clan|Sasaki]] family although their early history is hazy. They emerged in the Sengoku Period as retainers of the [[Odera clan|Odera]] of [[Harima province]]. After [[1577]] they entered the service of [[Oda Nobunaga]] and through the efforts of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], a close companion of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], they rose in importance. Yoshitaka and Nagamasa supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and afterwards their family held a considerable fief in [[Chikuzen province]].

The Kuroda were descended from the [[Sasaki clan|Sasaki]] family although their early history is hazy. They emerged in the Sengoku Period as retainers of the [[Kodera clan|Kodera]] of [[Harima province]]. After [[1577]] they entered the service of [[Oda Nobunaga]] and through the efforts of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], a close companion of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], they rose in importance. Yoshitaka and Nagamasa supported [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and afterwards their family held a considerable fief in [[Chikuzen province]].

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