Hokke (Fujiwara)

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Fujiwara Hokke
藤原北家
Japanese crest Sagari Fuji.svg
Mon: Sagarifuji
Parent houseFujiwara clan
TitlesVarious
FounderFujiwara no Fusasaki
Founding year8th century
Cadet branches

The Hokke (藤原北家, Fujiwara Hokke) was a cadet branch of the Fujiwara clan. It was founded by Fujiwara no Fusasaki.[1]

Fusasaki had three brothers: Muchimaro, Maro and Umakai. These four brothers are known for having established the "four houses" of the Fujiwara.[2]

The Hokke is sometimes identified as the "northern house".

History[]

Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu created the foundation for Hokke's prosperity after becoming kurōdo-no-tō (Head Chamberlain). His son Fujiwara no Yoshifusa became the first sesshō (regent), and his son, Fujiwara no Mototsune, became kampaku. After that, members of the Hokke continued to have a strong relationship with the Imperial Family through marrying Hokke daughters to the emperors. This allowed them to exclude other families and monopolize the regent position.[3]

The Hokke was most prosperous during the time of Fujiwara no Michinaga and Yorimichi. In the Kamakura period, Hokke was separated into the Five regent houses, Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujō, Ichijō, and Nijō.[3]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2005). "Fujiwara no Fusasaki" at Japan Encyclopedia, p. 202, p. 202, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books; excerpt, "Muchimaro's home, being in the south (nan) of the capital, was called Nan-ke; Fusazaki's, being in the north (hoku), was termed Hoku-ke; Umakai's was spoken of as Shiki-ke, since he presided over the Department of Ceremonies (shiki), and Maro's went by the name of Kyō-ke, this term also having reference to his office."
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 歴史教育研究所 (1968). 旺文社日本史事典 3. 旺文社. 藤原北家.

References[]

  • Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128


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