is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.
[ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)]
"Konoe," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 24
retrieved 2013-8-13. The family is a branch of
Hokke and,
by extension, a main branch of the
Fujiwara clan
The 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 th ...
.
[ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)]
"Go-sekke"
in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 260.
History
The family claims descent from
Fujiwara no Kanezane, third son of
Fujiwara no Tadamichi. After the fall of the
Taira clan
The was one of the four most important Japanese clans, clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period, Heian period of History of Japan, Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto clan, Minamoto, the Fujiwara clan, Fuji ...
in 1185, Kanezane became
Sesshō and Kampaku with the support from
Minamoto no Yoritomo
was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Minamoto no Yoriie" in . He was the husband of Hōjō Masako ...
; Kanezane then founded an independent family as of 1191, and the family name Kujō was named after a residence located on the road "Kujō-Ōji" (九条大路), where his family lived, built by his ancestor,
Fujiwara no Mototsune. Since then, the Kujō became one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku could be chosen, later known as the
five regent houses.
The fourth and fifth
shōgun
, officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamak ...
' of the
Kamakura shogunate,
Kujō Yoritsune
, also known as , was the fourth ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was '' kanpaku'' Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. His wife was a granddaughter of Yoritomo and daughter of Minamo ...
and
Kujō Yoritsugu, came from this family as well.
After the
Meiji Restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ...
, members of the Kujō clan were elevated to
princedom and given the title
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...
.
Family Tree
Tsurudono family
The was founded by the fifth son of Kujō Hisatada, Tsurudono Tadayoshi (1853-1895), in 1888. The kanji used in the family name was originally "靏殿" but later changed to "鶴殿", both names are pronounced "Tsurudono".
# Tsurudono Tadayoshi (1853-1895), becoming baron since December 18, 1889 until his death.
# (1891-1956), son of Tadayoshi, succeeding baron, after his father's death, in 1895–1947.
# Tsurudono Sumiie (b. 1924), son of Iekatsu, and he has three sons.
See also
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Japanese clans
This is a list of Japanese clans. The old clans (''gōzoku'') mentioned in the ''Nihon Shoki'' and ''Kojiki'' lost their political power before the Heian period, during which new aristocracies and families, ''kuge'', emerged in their place. After ...
*
List of Kuge families
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Five regent houses
References
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Japanese clans
Fujiwara clan