Juksan Eum clan

Juksan Eum clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Anseong
Founder	Eum jun [ja]

Juksan Eum clan (Korean: 죽산 음씨; Hanja: 竹山 陰氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of members Juksan Eum clan had was 2260. Their founder was Eum jun [ja]. He entered Goryeo as a ministry of Rites (禮部, Lǐbù) with Princess Noguk who was a queen of Gongmin of Goryeo in Yuan dynasty. After that, 陰俊 became Prince of Juksan (Hanja: 竹山君). Eum jun [ja]’s descendant founded Juksan Eum clan and made Juksan, Juksan Eum clan’s Bon-gwan.^[1][2]

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Academy of Korean Studies 죽산음씨 竹山陰氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
2. Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.

External links

• Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.