Ariwara clan
Ariwara clan 在原氏 | |
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Parent house | Imperial family |
Founding year | Kōnin (810-824) |
The Ariwara clan (在原氏, Ariwara-uji, also known as the Arihara clan) was a Japanese noble family of imperial descent
Name[]
The name of the clan is also read Arihara.[1]
History[]
The clan was initially formed during the (810-824)[2] in the reign of Emperor Saga from the children of former Imperial Prince Takaoka (廃太子高岳親王, hai-taishi Takaoka-shinnō).[1] In 826,[2] following a request by Takaoka's brother Prince Abo (阿保親王, Abo-shinnō), the latter's sons Yukihira, Narihira, Morihira (守平) and Nakahira (仲平) were also given this name.[1] The descendants of Narihira, a great waka poet, continued to flourish.[1] The clan remained politically obscure, however, due to pressure from the powerful Fujiwara clan.[1]
Family tree[]
Emperor Heizei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[3] | Ariwara no Yukihira | Ariwara no Narihira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[3] | Princess[4] | [5] | [3] | Fumiko[6] | [7] | [8] | Aiko[9] | [3] | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[10] | [3] | Princess[11] | Kenshin[3] | [3] | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References[]
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