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This is a genealogical tree of the leaders of the Fujiwara clan from 669 to 1871 of Japan, who were otherwise known as the Tōshi no Chōja (藤氏長者). [1] [2] [3]The title, Tōshi no Chōja, was abolished with Sesshō and Kampaku during the Meiji Restoration; the family leaders from five main branches of the clan, known as the Five regent houses, were then respectively granted with ...
The Fujiwara clan (藤原氏, Fujiwara-shi or Fujiwara-uji) was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since ancient times and dominated the imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
List of Kuge families include the high level bureaucrats and nobles 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 Minamoto, Fujiwara, or Taira) and the kakaku (家格 [], rank).
Fujiwara no Akirakeiko 829–899: Michiyasu 827–858 Montoku r. 850–858 (55) Tokiyasu 830–887 Kōkō r. 884–887 (58) Taira no Takamochi (Taira clan progenitor) Fujiwara no Mototsune 836–891: Fujiwara no Takaiko 842–910: Korehito 850–880 Seiwa r. 858–876 (56) Sadami 867–931 Uda r. 887–897 (59) Fujiwara no Tadahira 880–949 ...
Mon of the Fujiwara clan. Fujiwara clan – descended from Fujiwara no Kamatari, and through him, Ame-no-Koyane. 4 families of Fujiwara (藤原四家) – descended from 4 sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito. Fujiwara Hokke (藤原北家) – northern family; descended from Fujiwara no Fusasaki.
The origin of the family name was the residence of Iezane's grandfather Konoe Motozane, which was located on a road in Kyoto named "Konoe-Ōji" (近衛大道). [4] Despite Konoe at first being the senior line of the Fujiwara clan, the clan was eventually split up into Five regent houses during the Kamakura period , [ 2 ] with each of the five ...
Ancient clan names are still prominent today, if altered somewhat, due to those ties with ancestry and history. ... Sa means "help" or "aid" to means "wisteria" and is a reference to the Fujiwara ...
The Mōtsū-ji. Portrait of Oshu-Fujiwara clan, three generations. The domain of the Oshu-Fujiwara clan and other military lords in Japan (1183) The Northern Fujiwara (奥州藤原氏 Ōshū Fujiwara-shi) were a Japanese noble family that ruled the Tōhoku region (the northeast of Honshū) of Japan during the 12th century as their own realm. [1]