The family of Kiyotsuna KURODA who was awarded the title of Viscount in the Meiji period held the hereditary rank of koban, producing documentation officers and teachers, and although they were of the same family as Kiyotaka, their blood relationship was distant. |
なお、明治期に子爵になった黒田清綱の家(記録奉行や教授を輩出していた代々小番)と同族であるが、遠縁であるという。 |