Kuroda Fujitomoe Travel Mug

Kuroda Fujitomoe is a family crest of the Kuroda clan. The Kuroda clan served the Kodera family, a powerful family of the Akamatsu clan, which was one of the four shoguns of the Muromachi shogunate. Mototaka Kuroda, who served the Kodera family, was adopted by them and changed his surname to Kodera. His son was Kanbei, later known as Takakazu (also known as Josui). As Nobunaga's campaign to unify Japan progressed and entered the stage of conquering the Chugoku region, Himeji Castle was provided as a forward base for Hideyoshi. Himeji was originally under the control of Mototaka as a castle guardian for the Kodera family. The 'Fujitomoe' crest, later known as 'Kuroda Fujitomoe', also originated from the Kodera family. (Kenichi Takahashi, 'The Family Crests of Daimyo Families')