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List Of Kuge Families
List of Kuge families include the high level bureaucrats and nobles (''kuge'') in the Japanese Imperial court. 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: Nanke, Hokke, Shikike, and Kyōke. Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). ''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era,'' ; excerpt, "Muchimaro's home, being in the south (''nan'') of the capital, was called ''Nan-ke'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuge
The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. The ''kuge'' were important from the establishment of Kyoto as the capital during the Heian period in the late 8th century until the rise of the Kamakura shogunate in the 12th century, at which point it was eclipsed by the bushi. The ''kuge'' still provided a weak court around the Emperor until the Meiji Restoration, when they merged with the daimyō, regaining some of their status in the process, and formed the kazoku (peerage), which lasted until shortly after World War II (1947), when the Japanese peerage system was abolished. Though there is no longer an official status, members of the kuge families remain influential in Japanese society, government, and industry. History ''Kuge'' (from Middle Chinese ''kuwng-kæ'' 公家, "royal family") originally described the Emperor and his court. The meaning of the word changed over time to designate bureaucrats at the court. During the Heian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairoku Kikuchi
Baron was a Japanese mathematician, educator, and education administrator during the Meiji era. Biography Early life and family Kikuchi was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), as the second son of Mitsukuri Shūhei, a professor at Bansho Shirabesho, himself the adopted son of Mitsukuri Gempo, a Shogunate professor. The Mitsukuri family had distinguished themselves as scholars, and were at the centre of Japan's educational system in the Meiji era. His grandfather had been a student of Dutch studies ("rangaku"). Kikuchi Dairoku changed his surname from Mitsukuri to Kikuchi upon succeeding as the heir to his father's original family; the requisite legal procedures were completed in 1877. Education After attending the ''Bansho Shirabesho'', the Shogunal institute for western studies, he was sent to Great Britain, in 1866, at age 11, the youngest of a group of Japanese sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to the University College School, on the advice of the then British foreign mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saionji Family
{{Infobox Japanese clan , surname nihongo = 西園寺家 , home province = Kyoto, Yamashiro Province , parent house =Northern Fujiwara , titles =Rokuhara Tandai Genrō Kantō Mōshitsugi Udaijin Sadaijin , founder =Saionji Michisue , final ruler = , current head = , founding year =12th century , ruled until =1871 (Abolition of the han system) The Saionji family (西園寺家, ''Saionji-ke'') was a Japanese ''kuge'' (court aristocrat) family related to the Northern Fujiwara branch of the Fujiwara clan and the Imadegawa clan. The family's name was taken from that of the family's formal residence in Kyoto, and its '' kamon'' (crest) was a ''tomoe''. History The family was descended from Saionji Michisue (1090–1128), son of Fujiwara no Kinzane. In the time of Michisue's great-grandson Saionji Kintsune (1171–1244), Minamoto no Yoritomo's niece was married into the Saionji family, thus giving the Kamakura ''shōguns'' of the Minamoto clan some influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imadegawa Family
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Honnō- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
