Etymology and distribution of 菊下.

Kikushita 【菊下】^{レベル1
Very rare}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Kagoshima-ken , Miyazaki-ken .

① Kagoshima-ken Satsuma-gun Satsuma-chou Born of Hisumifuku. A place name with a record since the Muromachi period. The place name was also written as "Hisatomi Takashi."

② Topography . From the Hisumagi gate of the gate division system that was in the Edo period. An example of the location of the gate. Kagoshima-ken Aira-shi Gamo-cho Tohoku, Kagoshima-ken Kanoya-shi Kamakuma-cho. The gate name is estimated from the slope (Kabuki).