Abe Clan (阿倍氏) - The Abe clan (the original kanji used for the Abe clan was 阿部氏, later 安倍氏) was one of the nobles derived from Gozoku (local ruling family) of ancient Japan.
Abe clan (Oshu) (安倍氏 (奥州)) - The Abe clan was a Gozoku (local ruling family) in Mutsu Province (later Rikuchu Province, and Oshu is another name of Mutsu Province) who lived during the Heian period.
Aihara Clan (粟飯原氏) - The Aihara clan was a samurai family that played an active role during the Medieval Period.
Akamatsu clan (赤松氏) - The Akamatsu clan was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), who ruled the Harima Province during the late Kamakura to Azuchi-Momoyama periods.
Ando clan (安東氏) - The Ando (安東) clan was a samurai family, which ruled extensively from Tsugaru region of Mutsu Province, situated in the northernmost region on the Japan Sea side of Honshu to the Akita Country of Dewa Province, during the medieval Japan.
Anegakoji/Anekoji family (姉小路家) - The Anegakoji/Anekoji family were court nobility of Fujiwara lineage.
Ano Family (阿野家) - The Ano family belonged to the court nobility and had a status of Urin.
Asai Family (朝井家) - The Asai family was a Japanese clan.
Asakura clan (朝倉氏) - Asakura clan was a local ruling family whose home base was Echizen Province, and the clan later ascended to be a sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku Period).
Ashikaga Shogunate Family (足利将軍家) - The branch of the main families of the Ashikaga clan (head family) that had inherited the post of Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by shogun) since the first generation of Takauji ASHIKAGA was referred to as the Ashikaga Shogunate family.
Ayabe Domain (綾部藩) - The Ayabe Domain existed in Tanba Province (Aono cho or Hongu cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture in the present day).
Ayanokoji Family (綾小路家) - The Ayanokoji family was a member of Genji Tosho Genji (Minamoto clan members who are court nobles above a certain rank), descendants of Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Azai Clan (浅井氏) - Azai clan (also referred to as Azai-shi, Azai uji) was a Japanese clan.
Bojo family (坊城家) - Bojo family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest status for court nobles).
Bomon Family (坊門家) - The Bomon family was an aristocratic family that lived from the Kamakura period into the Muromachi period.
Chigusa Family (千種家) - The Chigusa family is a Japanese clan.
Daidoji Clan (大道寺氏) - The Daidoji clan is one of the Japanese clans.
Daigo family (醍醐家) - Daigo family are a kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of seigake (the second highest family status for court nobles).
Date clan (伊達氏) - The Date clan (or the Idate clan) was a samurai family which designated itself as the Fujiwara no Yamakage line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan and prospered in the southern Tohoku region from the Kamakura Period through the Edo Period.
Fujii family (藤井家) - The Fujii family was a toshoke (within the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) down line of the Urabe clan.
Fujinami Family (藤波家) - The Fujinami family, which claimed to be descended from the Onakatomi clan, belonged to the Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks).
Fujiwara Nanke (Fujiwara Nan Family) (藤原南家) - The Southern House of the Fujiwara clan was a family line whose originator was FUJIWARA no Muchimaro, the eldest son of FUJIWARA no Fuhito, the minister of the right.
Fukuchiyama Domain (福知山藩) - The Fukuchiyama Domain was located in Amada County in Tanba Province (present-day Naiki, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture).
Funabashi Family (舟橋家) - The Funabashi family are descendants of Imperial Prince Toneri, the son of the fourtieth emperor, Emperor Tenmu.
Funya clan (文室氏) - The Funya clan was a descendent clan of Naga no Miko (Imperial Prince Naga), a son of the Emperor Tenmu.
Fusehara family (伏原家) - The Fusehara family was a toshoke (the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) that was a branch family of the Funabashi family in direct line of descent from the Kiyohara clan.
Fushimi Domain (伏見藩) - The Fushimi Domain existed in Fushimi in the Yamashiro Province (present day Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture).
Gamo Clan (蒲生氏) - The Gamo clan is a Japanese clan.
Gojo Family (五条家) - The Gojo family is a kuge (family of court nobles) and a toshoke (hereditary lineage of court nobles above a certain rank), whose patriarch was Takanaga GOJO (Junii - Junior Second Rank), Shikibusho (Ministry of Ceremonies) (1210 - 1285), who was a son of Shonii (Senior Second Rank), Sangi (councilor) and Ministry of Treasury, SUGAWARA no Tamenaga (Tamenaga TAKATSUJI).
Hachijo Uesugi Family (八条上杉家) - The Hachijo Uesugi family is one of the many families of the Uesugi clan.
Hagiwara family (萩原家) - The Hagiwara family was a toshoke (within the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) and their original name was Urabe.
Hamuro family (葉室家) - The Hamuro family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest status for court nobles).
Hanke (Kuge) (半家 (公家)) - Hanke (a kind of family status of the Court nobles) is a classification term for the court noble class established subsequent to the Kamakura period being the lowest-ranked family in social standing among Tosho-ke (high court nobility allowed to enter the Imperial Palace).
Hashiba clan (羽柴氏) - The Hashiba clan was a clan founded by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
Hashimoto Family (橋本家) - The Hashimoto family
Hata Clan (秦氏) - The Hata clan had existed since ancient times.
Higashibojo Family (東坊城家) - The Higashibojo Family, one of the houses of Dojo, was established by Shigenaga HIGASHIBOJO (Court Rank, Councillor, Department of Etiquette and Ceremonies, 1284-1343) who was the second son of Nagatsune GOJO (Senior Second Rank, Councillor, Department of Justice, 1242-1315).
Higashifushiminomiya Family (東伏見宮) - The Higashifushiminomiya family is the Imperial family, which was founded by Imperial Prince Higashifushiminomiya Yorihito, a son of Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Kuniie, during the late Meiji Era.
Higashikuze Family (東久世家) - The Higashikuze family was a Kuge who had the family grade of Urin.
Higashisono Family (東園家) - The Higashisono family was founded by Motonori HIGASHISONO (Jushiinojo - Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade, Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guards), the second son of Mototada SONO (or Mototo SONO).
Hino Family (日野家) - The Hino Family is a court noble having meika, the upper rank of kuge (the status of the house) of the House of the Fujiwara North Line of the Fujiwara clan.
Hinonishi Family (日野西家) - The Hinonishi family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Hiramatsu family (平松家) - Belonged to the lineage of the Prince Takamune of the Taira clan, the Hiramatsu was a family of dojo kuge (nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of which the founder was Tokitsune HIRAMATSU (Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) of Junii (Junior Second Rank)) (1599-1654), the second son of Tokiyoshi NISHINOTOIN (Sangi (councilor) of Junii (Junior Second Rank)) (1552-1640).
Hirata Family (平田家) - The Hirata family was a low ranked court official family called 'jigeke,' of the Nakahara clan line.
Hirohashi family (広橋家) - Hirohashi family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest status for court nobles).
Hirohata Family (広幡家) - The Hirohata family was a court noble with the social standing of the Seiga family (Shinke or a newly established family, Uchiuchi or a family with close relations with Emperor).
Hojo clan (北条氏) - The Hojo clan was a gozoku (local ruling family) originating in Izu Province which provided hereditary regents of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
HOJO Yasuie (北条泰家) - Yasuie HOJO (? - 1335) was from the Hojo family which existed in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
Honami Family (穂波家) - The Honami family was Toshoke and a collateral branch of the Kajuji family line of the Northern House of the FUJIWARA clan, with the court noble family rank of Meike.
Horikawa Family (堀河家) - The Horikawa family were kuge (court nobles) and held the house status of the Urin family.
Hosokawa clan (細川氏) - Hosokawa clan was a samurai family that prospered between the Kamakura period to the Edo period, the original family name was Genji.
House of Ichijo (一条家) - The Ichijo Family is one of the sekke (regent) houses and a kuge (court nobility).
House of minister (大臣家) - The house of minister was one of the kakaku (family status) of kuge (court noble) and it was kakaku after Sekke (line of regents and advisers) and the Seiga family (one of the highest court noble families in Japan at that time).
Ii clan (井伊氏) - The Ii clan was a master's house of the Hikone Domain in Omi Province.
Ikegami Family (池尻家) - The Ikegami family was Toshoke and a collateral branch of the Seikanji family line of the Northern House of the FUJIWARA clan.
Imagawa Clan (今川氏) - The Imagawa clan was a samurai family in Japan.
Ise clan (伊勢氏) - The Ise clan is a Japanese clan.
Ishibashi Clan (石橋氏) - The Ishibashi clan is the name of a samurai family in Japan.
Isshiki Clan (Isshikiuji) (一色氏) - The Isshiki clan comprised a samurai family.
Itsutsuji Family (五辻家) - The Itsutsuji family is a member of Genji Tosho Genji (Minamoto clan members who are court nobles above a certain rank), descendants of Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Iwai Family (石井家) - The Iwai family, which claimed to be descended from the Kanmu-Heishi (Taira clan) TAIRA no Takamune-o line, beloged to the Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks).
Iwakura Family (岩倉家) - The Iwakura family was a Court noble lineage that was descended from the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan) Koga family.
Jigeke (Jige Families) (地下家) - Jigeke was a family status of court officials who were not permitted to enter the Courtiers' Hall in the Imperial Palace.
Jikoji Family (慈光寺家) - The Jikoji family is a member of Genji Tosho Genji (Minamoto clan members who are court nobles above a certain rank), descendants of Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Jimyoin Family (持明院家) - The Jimyoin family was a Japanese clan (court nobles).
Kadenokoji/Kageyukoji Family (勘解由小路家) - The Kadenokoji/Kageyukoji family is a Japanese clan.
Kainosho clan (甲斐庄氏) - The Kainosho clan was one of Japan's clans.
Kajuji Family (勧修寺家) - The Kajuji (also pronounced Kanjuji) family was a court noble family of the Kajuji line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan.
Kajuji/Kanjuji Ryu (The Kajuji/Kanjuji lineage) (勧修寺流) - The Kajuji/Kanjuji ryu is one of the lineages of court nobility of FUJIWARA no Takafuji-ryu of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan.
Kamo Clan (賀茂氏) - The Kamo clan (or the Kamoji clan) is a Japanese family which has a past stretching back to ancient times.
Kanroji Family (甘露寺家) - The Kanroji family was "Tosho-ke" (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of the main branch of the Kajuji line of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and its social standing was prestigious family.
Karahashi family (唐橋家) - The Karahashi family, one of the houses of Dojo, was established by SUGAWARA no Ariyoshi (Court Rank, Department of Civil Office and Education, Conferred Junior Third Rank, 1041 - 1121).
Kasuga Family (春日家) - The Kasuga family was one of Japan's noble families.
Katano Family (交野家) - The Katano family, which claimed to be descended from Kanmu-Heishi (Taira clan) TAIRA no Takamune-o line, belonged to the Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks); the founder of the family was Tokisada KATANO (Daizen no daibu, or Master of the Palace Table), who was the last son of Tokiyoshi NISHINOTOIN (Junii Sangi, or Junior Second Rank, Councilor) (1552 - 1640).
Katsuraki clan (葛城氏) - The Katsuraki clan was a powerful local clan who had their base in the Kazuraki region of the Yamato Province (present day Gose city and Katsuraki city, Nara Prefecture) during the Kofun period (tumulus period).
Kazanin Family (花山院家) - The Kasannoin family was directly descended from the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan-Morozane branch (Kazanin branch).
Kazoku (華族) - Kazoku indicates the noble class that existed in modern Japan from 1869 to 1947.
Kideranomiya Family (木寺宮) - The Kideranomiya family was one of Imperial Houses that existed from the Kamakura period through to the middle of the Muromachi period.
Kii Tanabe domain (紀伊田辺藩) - The Kii Tanabe domain was governed by the Mikawa Ando clan, who were the chief retainers of the Kishu Tokugawa family and were granted the fief in Kii Province for helping successive lords of Kishu.
Kikuchi clan (菊池氏) - The Kikuchi clan is one of Japanese clans.
Kikutei family (菊亭家) - The Kikutei family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of seigake (the second highest family status for court nobles).
Kira clan (吉良氏) - The Kira clan is one of the most prestigious samurai families in Japan; listed below are this family's three notable lines of descent.
Kishu Tokugawa family (紀州徳川家) - The Kishu Tokugawa family was one of branches of the Tokugawa family and one of Tokugawa Gosanke (three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family), which governed Kii Province and Ise province during the Edo period
Kiyohara clan (清原氏) - The Kiyohara clan was a family (lineage) of the Heian period.
Kiyooka Family (清岡家) - The Kiyooka family is a toshoke (hereditary lineage of court nobles above a certain rank) established during the Edo period by Nagatoki KIYOOKA (Junii - Junior Second Rank), Sangi (councilor), Shikibusho (Minister of Ceremonies) (1657 - 1718), who was the second son of Tameyasu GOJO (Shonii -Senior Second Rank) Dainagon (chief councilor of state) (1619 - 1677).
Kobayakawa Clan (小早川氏) - The Kobayakawa clan is a shizoku (clan) in Japan.
Koga Family (久我家) - The Koga family is a Japanese clan.
Konoe Family (近衛家) - The Konoe Family was the premier court nobility of the sekke (Setsu Family).
Kose school (巨勢派) - The Kose school was a family of painters which existed from the early Heian period, through the Muromachi, to the Meiji period.
KOTOKUI family (幸徳井家) - The KOTOKUI family was based in Nanto, Nara, and was a Jige-ke (family status of non-noble retainers who are not allowed into the Emperor's living quarters in the imperial palace)that served and practiced Onmyodo (a way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements).under the government.
Kuge (court noble) (公家) - Kuge is a general term to refer to nobles and government officials who serve chotei (Imperial Court) in Japan.
Kujo Family (九条家) - The Kujo Family is one of the Sekke and a court noble.
Kurahashi Family (倉橋家) - The Kurahashi family was a "Tosho-ke" (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of a branch family of Tsuchimikado of the Abe clan and its social standing was hange, kuge of lower rank.
Kusunoki clan (楠木氏) - The Kusunoki clan was Gozoku, a local ruling family of the Kawachi Province, and a samurai family of the Southern Court of Japan.
Kuwabara Family (桑原家) - The Kuwabara family is a toshoke (hereditary lineage of court nobles above a certain rank) established during the Edo period by Nagayoshi KUWABARA (Shonii - Senior Second Rank), Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), Shikibusho (Minister of Ceremonies) (1661 - 1737), who was the fourth son of Tameyasu GOJO (Shonii - Senior Second Rank), Dainagon (chief councilor of state) (1619 - 1677).
Kuze Family (久世家) - The Kuze family was a Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) (new family) of the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan) line.
Kyogoku clan (京極氏) - The Kyogoku clan is a house of Samurai in Japan.
Madenokoji family (万里小路家) - The Madenokoji family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest status for court nobles).
Matsuda Clan (松田氏) - The Matsuda clan was a clan of the Hatano family, FUJIWARA no Hidesato house, originated in Matsuda-go in Ashigarakami County, Sagami Province.
Matsudono Family (松殿家) - The Matsudono Family, established as a house of Regents and Senior Regents was, in theory, ranked at the same level as the houses of Regents such as the Konoe family and the Kujo family in the Court nobility.
Matsui Clan (松井氏) - The Matsui clan was a Japanese clan.
Matsunaga clan (松永氏) - The Matsunaga clan was a warlord group in Yamato-no-kuni.
Matsunoki Family (松木家) - The Matsunoki family (also known as the Nakamikado family) was a dojoke (a family whose members were allowed to visit the Imperial Palace) that belonged to the main branch of the Nakamikado line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara family.
Meike (important noble family) (kuge (court noble)) (名家 (公家)) - Meike (also pronounced Meika) was one of the kakaku (family status) of kuge (court noble) established after the Kamakura period and it was of equal rank to the House of Urin and positioned in a higher rank than hanke (a kind of family status of the Court nobles) (kuge).
Mibu Family (壬生家) - The Mibu family
Mimurodo Family (三室戸家) - The Mimurodo family (pronunciation 'Mimuroto' is a recording error) held the court noble family rank of Meike.
Minamoto Clan (源氏) - The Minamoto clan (Genji) is a family whose honorary surname was Minamoto.
Minase Family (水無瀬家) - The Minase family fell under the FUJIWARA no Takaie line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and was Toshoke.
Mito Tokugawa family (水戸徳川家) - The Mito Tokugawa family was one of branches of the Tokugawa family rooted in Mito City in Hitachi Province, and one of Tokugawa Gosanke (three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family).
Miyazu han (Miyazu domain) (宮津藩) - Miyazu han was one of the han (feudal lord's domain) located in Yosa County, Tango Province, during the Edo period.
Miyoshi clan (三善氏) - The Miyoshi is one of clans in Japan.
Miyoshi Clan (三好氏) - Miyoshi clan belongs to Shinano Genji (Minamoto clan) and it is the descendants of shugo (a provincial government) Ogasawara clan in Awa Province in Kamakura period.
Mizuno Clan (水野氏) - The Mizuno clan is a family of Seiwa-genji (Minamoto clan).
Mogami Clan (最上氏) - The Mogami clan was a branch family of the Shiba clan (kanrei [shogunal deputy]) that belonged to the same family of the Ashikaga clan of Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Mori clan (毛利氏) - The Mori clan is one of the samurai families.
Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan) (村上源氏) - Murakami-Genji was a shisei kozoku (member of the Imperial Family conferred with a family name) who was descended from a son of the sixty second Emperor, Murakami.
Muromachi Family (室町家) - The Muromachi family was court nobility with a family status of the Urin.
Mushanokoji Family (武者小路家) - The Mushanokoji family was a Japanese clan (court nobles).
Nagatani Family (長谷家) - The Nagatani family, which claimed to be descended from the Kanmu-Heishi (Taira clan) TAIRA no Takamune-o line, belonged to the Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks); the founder of the family was Tadayasu NAGATANI (Shosanmi Minbu taifu, or Senior Third Rank, Senior Assistant Minister of Popular Affairs) (1612 - 1669), who was the fifth son of Tokiyoshi NISHINOTOIN (Junii Sangi, or Junior Second Rank, Councilor) (1552 -1640).
Naito clan (内藤氏) - Naito-shi or Naito-uji is a Japanese surname.
Nakahara Clan (中原氏) - The Nakahara clan was a group of noble families sharing the same ancestor, which existed from ancient times to the early-modern times in Japan.
NAKAHARA no Yorisue (中原頼季) - NAKAHARA no Yorisue (year of birth and death unknown) was a late Heian-period nobleman and legal scholar.
Nakamikado Line (中御門流) - The Nakamikado line was a clan of court nobles descended from the Northern House of the FUJIWARA clan.
Nakanoin family (中院家) - The Nakanoin family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of daijinke (the third highest status for court nobles).
Nakanomikado Family (中御門家) - The Nakanomikado family
Nakatomi Clan (中臣氏) - The Nakatomi clan, together with the Inbe clan, was a powerful family serving the Yamato court in ancient Japan, who took charge of Shinto rituals and religious services, and had occupied the region Yamashina -approximately corresponding to today's Nakatomi-cho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City - as their base through the ages.
Nakayama family (中山家) - The Nakayama family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of urinke (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Nanba Family (難波家) - The Nanba family was a court noble family of Toshoke and their family rank was Urinke.
Nijo Family (二条家) - The Nijo Family is one of the sekke (regent) houses and a kuge (court nobility).
Nikki no Ie (Houses with Diaries) (日記の家) - Nikki no Ie (Houses with Diaries) is a nickname used to describe noble houses whose members kept diaries recording events relating to their families, and who passed these diaries down from generation to generation.
Nishigori family (錦織家) - The Nishigori family was a toshoke (within the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) down line of the Urabe clan.
Nishinotoin family (西洞院家) - The Nishinotoin was a Kuge (court noble) family descended from TAIRA no Takamune of the Taira clan.
Nishioji Family (西大路家) - The Nishioji family was a court noble family with the rank of Urinke.
Nitta clan (新田氏) - Nitta clan is a Gozoku (local ruling family) originated in Kozuke Province.
Niwata family (庭田家) - The Niwata family, one of the clans of Dojo, was descended from the Uda-Genji (Minamoto) clan.
Nonomiya Family (野宮家) - The Nonomiya family were Japanese kuge (court nobles).
Northern House of the Fujiwara clan (藤原北家) - The Northern House of the Fujiwara clan was a family line whose originator was FUJIWARA no Fusasaki, the second son of FUJIWARA no Fuhito, the minister of the right.
Oda Clan (織田氏) - The Oda clan was a clan in Japan.
Oe clan (大江氏) - The Oe clan were nobles from ancient times until early modern times.
Ogasawara Clan (小笠原氏) - The Ogasawara clan is one of the Japanese clans.
Ogimachi family (正親町家) - The Ogimachi family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of urinke (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Ogimachisanjo Family (正親町三条家) - The Ogimachisanjo family was a branch family of the Sanjo family which was the Kan-in Line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, being a family of court nobles with their social standing being the house of minister.
Ogura family (小倉家) - The Ogura family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of urinke (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Ohara Family (大原家) - The Ohara family was a member of Genji Tosho Genji (Minamoto clan members who were court nobles above a certain rank), descendants of Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Oinomikado family (大炊御門家) - Oinomikado family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of seigake (the second highest family status for court nobles).
Okazaki Family (岡崎家) - The Okazaki family were Toshoke and a collateral branch of the Nakanomikado family of the Takato line (Kajuji line) of the Northern House of the FUJIWARA clan, with the court noble family rank of Meike.
Omiya Family (大宮家) - The Omiya family
Omura Domain (大村藩) - Omura Domain was a feudal domain that ruled the Sonogi region of Hizen Province.
Ononomiya School (小野宮流) - The Ononomiya school was a school of Yusoku-kojitsu (knowledge of court rules, ceremony, decorum and records of the past), which dated back to the Heian period.
Oshikoji Family (押小路家) - The Oshikoji family (also known as the Oshinokoji family)
Oshu Fujiwara clan (奥州藤原氏) - The Oshu Fujiwara clan was the clan whose power stretched over the entire Tohoku region, which centered on Hiraizumi in Mutsu Province (later Rikuchu Province) and included Dewa Province, from 1087 after the Zenkunen War (the Early Nine Years' War) and the Gosannen War (the Later Three Years' War) to 1189, when it was destroyed by MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.
Otani Family (大谷家) - Otanike (Otani family) is the yago (literally, the "house name") of the descendants of Kakue, a son of Hirotsuna HINO and Kakushin-ni.
Ouchi Clan (大内氏) - Ouchi clan is one of clans in Japan.
Owari Tokugawa family (尾張徳川家) - The Owari Tokugawa family was a subsidiary line of the Tokugawa family and one of Tokugawa Gosanke (three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family); and its successive family heads assumed the lord of Owari Domain.
Oyumi-kubo (小弓公方) - Oyumi-kubo was one of Kubo (shogunate) families of the Ashikaga clan (of Motouji-ryu or the Motouji lineage) in Kanto region.
Ozuki clan (小槻氏) - The Ozuki (Otsuki) was a Kuge (court nobles) clan which could trace its history back to ancient times.
Reizei family (冷泉家) - The Reizei family belonged to the court nobility.
Rokkaku clan (六角氏) - The Rokkaku clan was a samurai family (shugo guar feudal lord) descended from the Sasaki clan of Uda-Genji (Uda-Gen clan) and whose influence was centered in the southern part of Omi-no-kuni from the Kamakura era through the Sengoku period (Japan).
Rokkaku Family (六角家) - The Rokkaku family is a family of court nobles that were established during the Edo Period.
Rokujo Family (六条家) - The Rokujo family were Japanese kuge (court nobles).
Saeki Clan (佐伯氏) - The Saeki clan was a powerful clan in ancient Japan.
Saionji clan (西園寺氏) - Saionji clan was a Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period), who ruled the western area of Iyo Province.
Saionji Family (西園寺家) - The Saionji Family were court nobility descended from the Fujiwara clan.
Sakanoue clan (坂上氏) - Sakanoue was one of the Japanese clans.
Sakurai Family (桜井家) - The Sakurai family was a court noble family with the family rank of Urinke.
Sandai-Kyaku-Shiki (三代格式) - Sandai-Kyaku-Shiki is a term used to collectively refer to three Kyaku-Shiki acts (laws supplementary to the Ritsu-ryo, which were the statutes of the Nara and Heian periods) that were codified during the Heian era: the Konin-Kyaku-Shiki Act, the Jogan-Kyaku-Shiki Act and the Engi-Kyaku-Shiki Act.
Sanjo Family (三条家) - The Sanjo family (as written三條 in orthographic style) was a clan that directly descended from the Kan-in Line ofthe Northern House of the Fujiwara clan in Japan.
Sanjonishi Family (三条西家) - The Sanjonishi Family is a house of a branch line of the House of Ogimachi-Sanjo, of the Kanin Line, of the House of Fujiwara North of the Fujiwara clan, as well as a court noble having the house status of the house of Minister (Old houses, or Uchiuchi).
Sawa family (澤家) - The Sawa family was a toshoke (within the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) down line of the Kiyohara clan.
Seiga Family (清華家) - The Seiga Family was one of the kakaku (family status) of court nobles or nobility, which is the kakaku above the daijinke (Daijin Family) and was next to the sekke (Setsu Family).
Seikanji family (清閑寺家) - The Seikanji family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of meike (the fourth highest status for court nobles).
Sekke (Setsu Family) (摂家) - The Sekke consisted of five families that the main branch of the Fujiwara Family clan had established during the Kamakura era, whereby it achieved the top rank of court nobility kakaku (family status).
Sengoro SHIGEYAMA family (茂山千五郎家) - The Sengoro SHIGEYAMA family is one of the most famous families in Kyogen (a comic interlude performed during a Noh program) and their Kyogen style belongs to that of the Okura-ryu school.
Seshu-Shinno-ke (the hereditary Imperial prince's family) (世襲親王家) - The Seshu-Shinno-ke is also known as "the Tei-Shinno-ke" (the legitimate Imperial prince's family).
Sesonji family (世尊寺家) - The Sesonji family was a clan derived from the Fujiwara clan.
Shiba clan (斯波氏) - The Shiba clan was one of the Samurai families.
Shibayama Family (芝山家) - The Shibayama family was a "Tosho-ke" (hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of an illegitimate family lineage of Kajuji of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and its social standing was a prestigious family.
Shigenoi family (滋野井家) - Shigenoi family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of urinke (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Shijo Family (四条家) - The Shijo family belonged to the court nobility and had a family status of Urin.
Shimizudani Family (清水谷家) - The Shimizudani family were kuge (court nobles) with kakaku (family status) of urinke (the fourth highest family status for court nobles).
Shin Clan (進氏) - The Shin clan was a local ruling family who was influential in the western part of Hoki Province (West Hoki) from the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan) to the Muromachi period.
Shinke (new family) (新家) - Shinke (new family)
Shinpan (Tokugawa's relatives) (親藩) - Shinpan is one of the classifications of clans during the Edo period, that distinguished the clans forefathers as male descendants through a line of males from Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Shirakawa-hakuo Family (白川伯王家) - The Shirakawa-hakuo family, or the Shirakawa family was the court noble that had been originated from 'Prince Nobuzane' (the prince of Imperial Prince Kiyohito), who was the imperial grandson of Emperor Kazan, and the family inherited the ancient tradition handed over through Jingikan (officer of the institution for dedicating to religious ceremony).
Sono Family (園家) - The Sono family was a shizoku clan.
Sonobe Domain (園部藩) - The Sonobe Domain existed in Funai County in Tanba Province (Sonobe-cho Kozakura Town, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture in the present day).
Sonpi Bunmyaku, the biographies of the nobles and humbles (尊卑分脈) - Sonpi Bunmyaku is a text compiled in early Japan that records the lineages of the aristocracy.
Sugawara clan (菅原氏) - The Sugawara clan was a noble family that existed from ancient to early-modern times in Japan.
Sumitomo Family (住友家) - The Sumitomo Family is the founding family of Sumitomo Zaibatsu.
Suzuki clan (鈴木氏) - The Suzuki clan is one of the representing seishi (hereditary family name) in Japan.
Tachibana clan (橘氏) - The Tachibana clan was a family (clan), which took an active role in ancient Japan.
Tachibana clan (in Chikugo) (橘氏 (筑後)) - The term "Tachibana clan" (in Chikugo) refers to a clan of the feudal lord of Kamachi, Chikugo Province, in the Heian period.
Taira clan (平氏) - The family name of the Taira clan was derived from "TAIRA no Ason," which was one of the official titles given to a member of the Imperial Family if they became vassals.
Takakura family (高倉家) - The Takakura family, one of the families of Dojo, was established by Nagasue TAKAKURA (Court Rank, Councillor, 1338 - 1392) whose father was FUJIWARA no Norikata, a descendant of FUJIWARA no Nagayoshi of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan.
Takano Family (高野家) - The Takano family was a Japanese clan (court nobles).
Takatsuji Family (高辻家) - The Takatsuji family is toshoke (hereditary lineage of court nobles above a certain rank), whose patriarch was Michizane SUGAWARA's descendant, Koretsuna TAKATSUJI (Shoshiinoge - Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade), Daigakuryo (Bureau of Education under ritsuryo system) (1030 - 1107).
Takatsukasa Family (鷹司家) - The Takatsukasa Family is one of the five sekke (regent) houses and kuge (court nobility).
Takeda clan (武田氏) - The Takeda clan was a samurai family that existed during the time from the end of the Heian to to the Sengoku period (Japan).
Takeuchi family (竹内家) - The Takeuchi family were a court noble.
Tanba-Kameyama Domain (丹波亀山藩) - The Kameyama Domain was a feudal domain in Tanba Province during the Edo period.
Tango Tanabe domain (丹後田辺藩) - Tanabe domain was one of the domains in Tango Province during the Edo period.
Togi Family (東儀家) - The Togi family is one of the Sanpo gakuso (organization of transmission of gagaku, ancient court music) Gaku families (families of musicians served in the Imperial court in Kyoto, Nanto in Nara, and Tennoji in Osaka), which has passed down the tradition of gagaku (ancient Japanese court dance and music) for over 1,300 years from the Nara period to today.
Toin Family (洞院家) - The Toin family belonged to the court nobility of the Dojo family of Kanin-ryu (the Kanin family) of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, which existed from the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period.
Toki clan (土岐氏) - The Toki clan is a samurai family who flourished from the Kamakura to the Edo period.
Tokudaiji Family (徳大寺家) - The Tokudaiji Family is a kuge (court noble) having the house status of Seigake (one of the statuses of court nobility which is inferiror to the sekke but superior to minister).
Tokugawa Clan (徳川氏) - The Tokugawa clan name was created by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Tokugawa Gosanke (three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family) (徳川御三家) - Tokugawa Gosanke, also simply called Gosanke, refers to the following three families of the Tokugawa clan that were second in rank to the Tokugawa Shogunate Family.
Tokugawa Shogunate Family (徳川将軍家) - Tokugawa Shogunate Family was the head family of Tokugawa (the head family of the Tokugawa clan) and a family of Seii taishogun (literally, "the great general who subdues the barbarians") in the Edo bakufu.
Tokuso (得宗) - Tokuso was a family line of the successors of the Hojo clan of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Tominokoji family (富小路家) - The Tominokoji family was a toshoke (within the hereditary lineage of court nobles allowed to enter the tenjonoma in the palace) down line of the Fujiwara clan.
Toshoke (堂上家) - Toshoke, also referred to as Dojoke, in the history of Japan, means family of court nobles hereditary qualified to be admitted to Tenjo no Ma chamber located under the eaves on the south side of the Seiryoden (Literally "Limpid Cool Hall," an imperial summer palace)
Toyama Family (外山家) - The Toyama family was a branch of the Hino family, a descendant of the FUJIWARA clan.
Toyotomi clan (豊臣氏) - The surname, Toyotomi, was a honsei (original name of the clan which indicate its lineage) given to Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who became Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) and took control of the political power in the Tensho period.
Tsuchimikado Family (土御門家) - The Tsuchimikado family is a clan of court nobles that served the Imperial Court in Japan.
Tsutsui Clan (筒井氏) - The Tsutsui clan was Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period) of Yamato Province in the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States).
Tsutsumi Family (堤家) - The Tsutsumi family was a court noble family with the court rank of Meike.
Uematsu Family (植松家) - The Uematsu family was a family of court nobles with Masanaga UEMATSU being the patriarch.
Ueno clan (上野氏) - The Ueno clan was a shizoku (family) in Japan.
Umegakoji Family (梅小路家) - The Umegakoji family was Toshoke and a collateral branch of the Seikanji family line of a collateral branch of the Kajuji family line of the Northern House of the FUJIWARA clan with the court noble family rank of Meike.
Urin Family (羽林家) - The Urin Family was of the house status of kuge (court nobility) subsequent to the Kamakura period; it was inferior to the sekke (the house of regents), Seigake (one of the statuses of court nobility that was inferior to the sekke but superior to the minister) and the house of minister, but it was equal to meike (kuge), a kuge of lower rank, and superior to hange (kuge), a kuge of lower rank.
Ushiku Domain (牛久藩) - The Ushiku Domain was a feudal domain that lay in Kawachi County of Hitachi Province.
Utsunomiya clan (宇都宮氏) - The Utsunomiya clan is one of the Japanese clans.
Watanabe-shi (the Watanabe clan) (渡辺氏) - Watanabe-shi (the Watanabe clan) or Watabe-shi (the Watabe clan) is the Japanese surname, the clan name, the family name, or the last name.
Yagyu Clan (柳生氏) - The Yagyu clan was a Japanese clan.
Yamana Clan (山名氏) - The Yamana clan is a Japanese clan.
Yamashina Family (山科家) - The Yamashina family was court nobility with a family status of Urin.
Yamashinanomiya Family (山階宮) - The Yamashinanomiya family was the Imperial family, created by Imperial Prince Yamashinanomiya Akira, the son of Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Kuniie, at the end the Edo period.
Yanagiwara Family (柳原家) - The Yanagiwara family (conventionally, Yanagihara) were kuge (court nobles) that held the status of meika (kuge of lower rank).
Yodo Domain (淀藩) - The Yodo Domain was located in the Yamashiro Province (present-day Yodohon cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture).
Yoshimi Clan (吉見氏) - The Yoshimi clan was a samurai clan in Japan.