Kununokuni (狗奴国)(Kunu no kuni/kunukoku[1][2]、Kuna no Kuni[3]/Kunakoku[4]、Konanokuni / Konakoku) was a Japanese country that was in conflict with Yamatai, which is mentioned in the "Wajinden" in the "Book of Wei" in the Chinese history book "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (by Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty) of the Three Kingdoms period.
[6]。In fact, the Ngu-barking, Inu-mai, and Tsukiboshi beliefs were prominent in southern Kyushu.
Hisao Houga explains that the "kuma" of Kumaso represents the totem of "bear" (熊), and that the Habaku Kumawashi eagle and others who fought against Jingō are the names of the "bear" and "eagle" or the "....
He also refuted the theory of Tsuda Yokichi and others, and assumed that Gūnakuni represented the totem of the "dog" and was the land of the Jōmon people, who believed in the dog-wolf and had a legend of the ancestors of the dog-wolf beast.
[7]。 In both cases, the place names "Kuno (久野)" or "Kuno (久能)" are found all over the country, so it is meaningless to search for a candidate location in Gunnu Province based on place names alone.