List of Kuge families

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List of Kuge families include the high level bureaucrats and nobles (kuge) in the Japanese Imperial court.[1] This list is based on the lineage of the family (the clan from which the family derives, such as the Fujiwara, Minamoto, or Taira) and the kakaku ( [ja], rank). The kuge along with the daimyō made up the nobility (kazoku) of post-Meiji Restoration Japan. The kazoku was abolished shortly after World War II.

The kakaku consists of six ranks, from highest to lowest, they are Sekke (摂家),  [ja] (清華家),  [ja] (大臣家),  [ja] (羽林家),  [ja] (名家), and  [ja] (半家).

Fujiwara clan[]

Originally, the Fujiwara four families (藤原四家) were branches established by the four sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito:[2] Nanke, Hokke, Shikike, and Kyōke.[3] Hokke later became the most successful out of the four families, and there are five main branches from Hokke, known as the Sekke,[4] otherwise known as Five regent houses:

And other cadet branches of Fujiwara, becoming one of Kuge, include:

Seigake[]

  • Daigo 醍醐家
  • (renamed )　今出川（菊亭）家
  • 花山院家
  • 　大炊御門家
  • Saionji　西園寺家
  • 　三條家
  • Tokudaiji　德大寺家

Daijinke[]

  • 　三條西家
  • (renamed ) 正親町三條（嵯峨）家
  • 　中院家

Urinke[]

  • 　油小路家
  • 　姉小路家
  • 　阿野家
  • Asukai　飛鳥井家
  • 　藤谷家
  • 　八條家
  • 　花園家
  • 　橋本家
  • 　東園家
  • 　樋口家
  • 　日野西家
  • 　堀河家
  • 　今城家
  • 　入江家
  • 　石山家
  • 　石野家
  • 　持明院家
  • 　河鰭家
  • Kazahaya　風早家
  • 　櫛笥家
  • 　町尻家
  • Matsunaga 松永家
  • 　松木家
  • 　壬生家
  • 　水無瀬家
  • 　武者小路家
  • 　中山家
  • 　中園家
  • 　難波家
  • 　西大路家
  • 　西四辻家
  • 　野宮家
  • 　正親町家
  • 　小倉家
  • 　大宮家
  • 　押小路家
  • Reizei (Reizen, Kaminoreizei)　冷泉家
  • 　六角家
  • 　櫻井家
  • 　七條家
  • 　滋野井家
  • 　四條家
  • 清水谷家　
  • 下冷泉家
  • 　園家
  • 　園池家
  • 　高松家
  • 　高野家
  • 　高丘家
  • 　梅園家
  • 　裏辻家
  • 　鷲尾家　
  • 　藪家
  • 　山本家
  • 　山井家
  • 　山科家
  • 　四辻家

Meika[]

  • 　坊城家
  • 　葉室家
  • 　日野家
  • 　日野西家
  • 　廣橋家
  • 　穂波家
  • 　池尻家
  • 勘解由小路家
  • 勧修寺家
  • 　甘露寺家
  • 　烏丸家
  • 　北小路家
  • 　万里小路家
  • 　三室戸家
  • 　中御門家
  • 　岡崎家
  • 　清閑寺家
  • 　芝山家
  • 　竹屋家
  • 　外山家
  • 　豊岡家
  • 　堤家
  • 　梅小路家
  • 　裏松家
  • Yanagiwara　柳原家

Hanke[]

  • 　唐橋家
  • 　白川家
  • 　高倉家　
  • 　富小路家　
  • 　錦小路家

Minamoto clan (Genji)[]

Seigake[]

  • 　廣幡家
  • Koga　久我家

Daijinke[]

  • 　中院家

Urinke[]

  • 　綾小路家
  • 　千種家
  • 　東久世家
  • 　岩倉家
  • 　久世家
  • 　庭田家
  • 　大原家
  • 　愛宕家
  • Rokujō　六條家
  • 　植松家
  • 　梅溪家

Hanke[]

  • 　五辻家
  • 　慈光寺家
  • 　竹内家

Taira clan (Heishi)[]

Meika[]

  • Hiramatsu　平松家
  • 　交野家
  • 　長谷家

Hanke[]

  • 　石井家
  • 　西洞院家

Others[]

Hanke[]

  • 藤井家 (from )
  • 藤波家 (from )
  • 　伏原家 (from Kiyohara clan)
  • 　船橋家 (from Kiyohara clan)
  • 　五條家 (from )
  • 　萩原家 (from )
  • 　東坊城家 (from )
  • 　唐橋家 (from )
  • 　北小路家 (from )
  • 　清岡家 (from )
  • 　倉橋家 (from Abe clan)
  • 　桑原家 (from )
  • 　錦織家 (from )
  • 　澤家 (from Kiyohara clan)
  • 　高辻家 (from )
  • 　土御門家 (from Abe clan)
  • 　吉田家 (from )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kuge" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 570.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Fuhito" at p. 202.
  3. ^ 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."
  4. ^ Nussbaum, "Go-sekke" at p. 260.
  5. ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ichijō," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 13; retrieved 2013-8-13.
  6. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13.
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