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 Minamoto, Fujiwara, or Taira) and the kakaku (家格 [ja], 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), Seigake [ja] (清華家), Daijinke [ja] (大臣家), Urinke [ja] (羽林家), Meike [ja] (名家), and Hanke [ja] (半家).

## Minamoto clan (Genji)[edit]

### Seigake[edit]

* Hirohata 廣幡家
* Koga 久我家

### Daijinke[edit]

* Nakanoin 中院家

### Urinke[edit]

* Ayanokōji 綾小路家
* Chigusa 千種家
* Higashikuze 東久世家
* Iwakura 岩倉家
* Kuze 久世家
* Niwata 庭田家
* Ōhara 大原家
* Otagi 愛宕家
* Rokujō 六條家
* Uematsu 植松家
* Umedani 梅溪家

### Hanke[edit]

* Itsutsuji 五辻家
* Jikōji 慈光寺家
* Takenouchi 竹内家

## Fujiwara clan[edit]

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:

* Ichijō[5]
* Konoe[6]
* Kujō[7]
* Nijō[8]
* Takatsukasa[9]

And other cadet branches of Fujiwara, becoming one of Kuge, include:

### Seigake[edit]

* Daigo 醍醐家
* Imadegawa (renamed Kikutei) 今出川（菊亭）家
* Kasannoin 花山院家
* Ōinomikado 大炊御門家
* Saionji 西園寺家
* Sanjō 三條家
* Tokudaiji 德大寺家

### Daijinke[edit]

* Sanjōnishi 三條西家
* Ōgimachinosanjō (renamed Saga) 正親町三條（嵯峨）家
* Nakanoin 中院家

### Urinke[edit]

* Aburanokōji 油小路家
* Anegakōji 姉小路家
* Ano 阿野家
* Asukai 飛鳥井家
* Fujitani 藤谷家
* Hachijō 八條家
* Hanazono 花園家
* Hashimoto 橋本家
* Higashizono 東園家
* Higuchi 樋口家
* Hinonishi 日野西家
* Horikawa 堀河家
* Imaki 今城家
* Irie 入江家
* Ishiyama 石山家
* Iwano 石野家
* Jimyōin 持明院家
* Kawabata 河鰭家
* Kazahaya 風早家
* Kushige 櫛笥家
* Machijiri 町尻家
* Matsunaga 松永家
* Matsunoki 松木家
* Mibu 壬生家
* Minase 水無瀬家
* Mushanokōji 武者小路家
* Nakayama 中山家
* Nakazono 中園家
* Nanba 難波家
* Nishiōji 西大路家
* Nishiyotsutsuji 西四辻家
* Nonomiya 野宮家
* Ōgimachi 正親町家
* Ogura 小倉家
* Omiya 大宮家
* Oshikōji 押小路家
* Reizei (Reizen, Kaminoreizei) 冷泉家
* Rokkaku 六角家
* Sakurai 櫻井家
* Shichijō family 七條家
* Shigenoi 滋野井家
* Shijō 四條家
* Shimizudani 清水谷家
* Shimonoreizei 下冷泉家
* Sono 園家
* Sonoike 園池家
* Takamatsu 高松家
* Takano 高野家
* Takaoka 高丘家
* Umezono 梅園家
* Uratsuji 裏辻家
* Washio 鷲尾家
* Yabu 藪家
* Yamamoto 山本家
* Yamanoi 山井家
* Yamashina 山科家
* Yotsutsuji 四辻家

### Meika[edit]

* Bōjō family 坊城家
* Hamuro 葉室家
* Hino 日野家
* Hinonishi 日野西家
* Hirohashi 廣橋家
* Honami 穂波家
* Ikegami 池尻家
* Kadenokōji 勘解由小路家
* Kajūji 勧修寺家
* Kanroji 甘露寺家
* Karasumaru 烏丸家
* Kitanokōji 北小路家
* Madenokōji 万里小路家
* Mimurodo 三室戸家
* Nakamikado 中御門家
* Okazaki 岡崎家
* Seikanji 清閑寺家
* Shibayama 芝山家
* Takeya 竹屋家
* Toyama 外山家
* Toyooka 豊岡家
* Tsutsumi 堤家
* Umenokōji 梅小路家
* Uramatsu 裏松家
* Yanagiwara 柳原家

### Hanke[edit]

* Karahashi 唐橋家
* Shirakawa 白川家
* Takakura 高倉家
* Tominokōji 富小路家
* Nishikikōji 錦小路家

## Taira clan (Heishi)[edit]

### Meika[edit]

* Hiramatsu 平松家
* Katano 交野家
* Nagatani 長谷家

### Hanke[edit]

* Iwai 石井家
* Nishinotōin 西洞院家

## Others[edit]

### Hanke[edit]

* Fujii 藤井家 (from Urabe clan)
* Fujinami 藤波家 (from Ōnakatomi clan)
* Fushihara 伏原家 (from Kiyohara clan)
* Funahashi 船橋家 (from Kiyohara clan)
* Gojō 五條家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Hagiwara 萩原家 (from Urabe clan)
* Higashibōjō 東坊城家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Karahashi 唐橋家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Kitanokoji 北小路家 (from Oe clan)
* Kiyooka 清岡家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Kurahashi 倉橋家 (from Abe clan)
* Kuwabara 桑原家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Nishigori 錦織家 (from Urabe clan)
* Sawa 澤家 (from Kiyohara clan)
* Takatsuji 高辻家 (from Sugawara clan)
* Tsuchimikado 土御門家 (from Abe clan)
* Yoshida 吉田家 (from Urabe clan)

## See also[edit]

* Japanese clans
* Minamoto clan
* Fujiwara clan
* Taira clan
* Kuge

## References[edit]

1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kuge" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 570.
2. ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Fuhito" at p. 202.
3. ^ 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."
4. ^ Nussbaum, "Go-sekke" at p. 260.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13.
7. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Kujō" at p. 25; retrieved 2013-8-13.
8. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Nijō" at p. 42; retrieved 2013-8-13.
9. ^ Papinot, (2003). "Takatsukasa" at p. 58; retrieved 2013-8-13.