Kuroko clan



The Kuroko clan (黒子氏) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in island of Daichi, Teiko. The clan is famous as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan. Since Kuroko Tetsuya acceded to the Throne of Teiko in 1895, all Princes of Teiko are direct descendants from the Kuroko clan.