Etymology and distribution of 斧本.

Onomoto 【斧本】^{レベル3
About 50}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Yamaguchi-ken Shuunan-shi . Originated from Kano of Yamaguchi-ken Shuunan-shi . A place name with a record since the Kamakura period. The place name was also written as "Kano." I tell him that he used "purple cloud" from the Shimonoseki of the mountainous name of the monk, which became an abolished temple in the same place as Shika 's "deer" in 1868. The position of the Akitakain is unknown. Yamaguchi-ken Shuunan-shi Distributed in Shikanaka Nakatsu.