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An illustration of Fujiwara no Kamatari by Kikuchi Yōsai. Kamatari's son was Fujiwara no Fuhito. Kamatari's nephew, Nakatomi no Omimaro became head of Ise Shrine, and passed down the Nakatomi name. In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into five houses: Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō.
Nakatomi no Kamatari, a member of the lower-nobility Nakatomi family led a coup against the Soga in 645 and initiated a series of sweeping government reforms that would be known as the Taika Reform. In 668 Emperor Tenji (reigned 668–671), bestowed the kabane Fujiwara no Ason (藤原朝臣) on Kamatari.
Only the descendants of Fujiwara no Kamatari's eldest son Fuhito were allowed the name of Fujiwara. All the other members of the Nakatomi clan kept their original family name until Nakatomi no Imimaro was promoted to chūnagon with the support of Fuhito. In 764, Kiyomaro, the son of Imimaro, sided with Empress Kōken during the Fujiwara no ...
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 Konoe family is the most senior branch of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family throughout Japanese history. The clan traces its ancestry to Fujiwara no Kamatari. On 16 December 1966, he married Princess Yasuko of Mikasa, a first cousin of Emperor Akihito. They have a son named Tadahiro and three grandchildren.
Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原 不比等: 659 – 13 September 720) was a powerful member of the imperial court of Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods.Second son of Fujiwara no Kamatari (or, according to one theory, of Emperor Tenji), he had sons by two women, and those sons were the founders of the four principal lineages of the Fujiwara clan: the South, North, Ceremonial, and Capital lineages.
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. Fujiwara Kyōke (藤原京家) – descended from Fujiwara no Maro. Fujiwara Nanke ...
The Hiki clan was a branch of the Fujiwara clan, [1] a powerful family of Japanese regents and court nobility, founded by Fujiwara no Kamatari in the 7th century. They descended through Fujiwara no Hidesato's lineage of the Fujiwara Hokke.