was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A retainer of the Niwa clan of Nihonmatsu han, Kuroda fought in the Boshin War, seeing action at the Battle of Bonari Pass. Met the famous Saità  Hajime in a nearby valley following the Imperial Japanese Army's victory.
Tà Âdà  Toshihisa, "Saità  Hajime Kanren Jinbutsu Jiten". pp. 193âÂÂ206 of Shinsengumi Saità  Hajime no Subete. Tà Âkyà Â: Shin Jinbutsu à Âraisha, 2003, p. 195.