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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘peaceful rice paddy’; there are several families, descended from the Taira, Sasaki, and Sakanoue clans. The family has several branches of its own. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku, and is found throughout Japan and in the Ryūkyū Islands.

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