Kurosawa

Type: Surname (from location)
Usage: Japanese
Scripts 黒沢, 黒澤(Japanese Kanji)くろさわ(Japanese Hiragana)

Meaning

From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning “black” and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning “marsh”. A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.
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