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Fujiwara family藤原氏 藤原家alternative words: Fujiwara clan, Fujiwarashi, Fujiwara-shi, Fujiwara shi, Fujiwarake, Fujiwara-ke, Fujiwara ke, Fujiwara keywords: family related topics: Nakatomi no Kamatari , Fujiwara no Fuhito , Heian period , Rebellion of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu , Kanpaku related web sites: http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/~jingu/keizu-sekkanke.htm , http://www.tk.airnet.ne.jp/ponta/history/hist12.html explanation: Originated from Kamatari, the major contributor of Taika reform, the family became more powerful in the court thanks to not only the union with imperial family but clever descendants such as Fuhito who gave 4 main Fujiwara branches. During the reign of Michinaga in the middle Heian period, the family reached the apogee. Though declined thereafter, they continued to keep an honorific post because only the members of 5 sub branches (5 sekke) were allowed to become a regent. Genji源氏 源氏alternative words: Gen ji, Gennji, Genji family, Genji clan, Minamoto shi, Minamoto, Minamoto family, Minamoto clan keywords: family related topics: Minamoto no Yoritomo , Minamoto no Yoshitsune , Kamakura shogunate , Heishi , Heian period , Gempei gassen explanation: Prestigious samurai family stemmed from the 56th Emperor, Seiwa-tenno (850-880). Their power base was located in the eastern Japan where horse riding culture had been mostly developed. Minamoto no Yoritomo who opened Kamakura shogunate is the most famous member of this family. After the assassination of his son, Sanetomo, the main branch had extinguished, but many collateral families like Nitta, Otomo, Ashikaga had flourished all over Japan. Go Hojoshi後北条氏alternative words: Gohojo family, Go Hojo shi, Gohojo clan, Post Hojo family, Post Hojo clan keywords: family , war lord related topics: Hojo Soun , Hojoshi , Toyotomi Hideyoshi related web sites: http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/hojo_k.html explanation: An important warlord of Sengoku period in south Kanto region, founded by Hojo Soun. Parting from Izu province, they extended successfully their feud to a half of Kanto region thanks to a triple alliance with Imagawa and Takeda clans. They were eliminated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after a long siege of Odawara castle in 1590. In order to distinguish this Hojo family from that of Kamakura period, the term "Go Hojoshi" (post Hojo clan) is used because there exists no lineage between them. Gosanke御三家alternative words: Three successor houses, 3 successor houses, Vice shogun keywords: family , title related topics: Edo shogunate , Shogun , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Tokugawa Yoshinobu , Tokugawashi explanation: 3 families issued from 3 young children of Tokugawa Ieyasu and allowed to succeed a shogun, if the latter dies without a male successor. They are: Kii domain in Wakayama prefecture, Owari domain in Aichi prefecture and Mito domain in Ibaraki prefecture. They had been also allowed to carry the name of Tokugawa, same as shogun himself and to give advices on the policy of shogunate. Heishi平氏 平氏 平家alternative words: Hei-shi, Heishi family, Tairashi, Taira-shi, Taira shi, Heike, Heike family, Heike clan keywords: family related topics: Taira no Masakado , Taira no Kiyomori , Genji , Minamoto no Yoritomo , Heian period , Gempei gassen , Heike monogatari explanation: Prestigious samurai family stemmed from the 50th Emperor, Kanmu-tenno (737-806). After the revolt of Taira no Masakado, their power base was shifted to the western Japan. After an elimination of Genji family, Taira no Kiyomori took the power in Kyoto and became Dajo daijin. But later, Heike family was defeated by another Genji, Minamoto no Yoritomo, and the main branch had extinguished. Nevertheless many collateral families like Hojo or Hatakeyama had remained flourishing. Hojoshi北条氏 北条家alternative words: Hosjo-shi, Hojike, Hojo-ke, Hojo family, Hojo clan, Hojo keywords: family related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Minamoto no Yoritomo , Shikken , Hojo Tokimune , Hojo Masako related web sites: http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Gaien/8529/ , http://www1.plala.or.jp/kamonegi/HOUJYOU.HTML explanation: Hojoshi is a sub branch of Heike family. They were so negligible that they didn't carry the name of Heike. But when Yoritomo had been sent to their fief of Izu as a political prisoner, their fate changed suddenly: one of their girls got married with Yoritomo, who later became Shogun. Becoming confidants of Yoritomo, after his death they seized the power of Kamakura shogunate by becoming Shikken. Izumo dynasty
出雲王朝
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