List of Kuge families
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 ( , 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), (清華家), (大臣家), (羽林家), (名家), and (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[]
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[]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kuge" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 570.
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Fuhito" at p. 202.
- ^ 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."
- ^ Nussbaum, "Go-sekke" at p. 260.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13.
- ^ Papinot, (2003). "Kujō" at p. 25; retrieved 2013-8-13.
- ^ Papinot, (2003). "Nijō" at p. 42; retrieved 2013-8-13.
- ^ Papinot, (2003). "Takatsukasa" at p. 58; retrieved 2013-8-13.
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