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The {{nihongo|'''Kuzu'''|国栖・国巣・国樔}} were a people of ancient [[Japan]] believed to have lived along the [[Kinokawa River|Yoshino River]] in [[Nara Prefecture]].<ref name="kotobank">{{cite web|title=Kuzu|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9B%BD%E6%A0%96-55312|website=Kotobanku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> They were mentioned in the [[Kojiki]] and [[Nihon Shoki]]. The name was also used for a population living in the old [[Hitachi province]] (today's [[Ibaraki Prefecture]]) mentioned by the Hitachi Fudoki.<ref name="kotobank"/>

Their name may be at the origin of the name of the [[kudzu]] plant, supposedly for being associated with the harvest and sale of kudzu roots or starch extracted from them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kudzu.co.jp/introduction/index.html |title=Kuzu to wa |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202215140/http://www.kudzu.co.jp/introduction/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |date=2002 |publisher=Seibidōshuppan |isbn=4-415-01906-4 |editor-last=大嶋敏昭 |series=ポケット図鑑 |page=158 |language=ja |script-title=ja:花色でひける山野草・高山植物 }}</ref>

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