YAMATO NO FUHITO CLAN
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Fujiwara clanThe Fujiwara clan (藤原氏, Fujiwara-shi or Fujiwara-uji, Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯ.(d)ʑi.wa.ɾa(ꜜ.ɕi), -(ꜜɯ.dʑi)]) 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 the Meiji Restoration in 1868. They held the title of Ason. The abbreviated form is Tōshi or Tōji (藤氏, [toꜜː.ɕi, -(d)ʑi]). The 8th century clan history Tōshi Kaden (藤氏家伝) states the following at the biography of the clan's patriarch, Fujiwara no Kamatari (614–669): "Kamatari, the Inner Palace Minister who was also called ‘Chūrō,’ was a man of the Takechi district of Yamato Province. His forebears descended from Ame no Koyane no Mikoto; for generations they had administered the rites for Heaven and Earth, harmonizing the space between men and the gods. Therefore, it was ordered their clan was to be called Ōnakatomi" The clan originated when the founder, Nakatomi no Kamatari (614–669) of the Nakatomi clan, was rewarded by Emperor Tenji with the honorific "Fujiwara" – after the wisteria (藤, fuji) field on Mount Tōno (in present-day Sakurai City) where Kamatari and the then-Prince Naka, whom he befriended in a game of kemari, conspired to eliminate the Soga clan – which evolved as a surname for Kamatari and his descendants. In time, Fujiwara became known as a clan name. The Fujiwara dominated the Japanese politics of the Heian period (794–1185) through the monopoly of regent positions, Sesshō and Kampaku. The family's primary strategy for central influence was through the marrying of Fujiwara daughters to the Emperors. Through this, the Fujiwara would gain influence over the next emperor who would, according to family tradition of that time, be raised in the household of his mother's side and owe loyalty to his grandfather. As abdicated emperors took over power by exercising insei (院政, cloistered rule) at the end of the 11th century, then followed by the rise of the warrior class, the Fujiwara gradually lost its control over mainstream politics. The Northern Fujiwara (Ōshū Fujiwara) ruled the Tōhoku region (northeast Honshū) of Japan during the 12th century. Beyond the 12th century, they continued to monopolize the titles of Sesshō and Kampaku for much of the time until the system was abolished in the Meiji era. Though their influence declined, the clan remained close advisors to the succeeding Emperors.
Japanese clansThis 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 the Heian period, the samurai warrior clans gradually increased in importance and power until they came to dominate the country after the founding of the first shogunate. Japan traditionally practiced cognatic primogeniture, or male-line inheritance in regard to passing down titles and estates. By allowing adult adoption, or for men to take their wife's name and be adopted into her family served as a means to pass down an estate to a family without any sons, Japan has managed to retain continuous family leadership for many of the below clans, the royal family, and even ordinary family businesses. The ability for Japanese families to track their lineage over successive generations plays a far more important role than simply having the same name as another family, as many commoners did not use a family name prior to the Meiji Restoration, and many simply adopted (名字, myōji) the name of the lord of their village, or the name of their domain, and may not necessarily have been a retainer to the clan. Other clan names are based on common geographic features or other arbitrary words that didn't necessarily indicate clan membership. Many families also adopted sons from other families or married their daughters into other families to cement ties with a larger kin group outside of those with the same name as the main family line, called keibatsu (閨閥, lit. bedroom clique), a clan or family relationship built around both blood and maternal relations. Tokugawa Ieyasu himself had adopted two dozen children of allies in addition to his 16 acknowledged children. The Meiji Restoration sought to dismantle the clan structure, giving clan leaders titles of nobility to inspire loyalty to the emperor rather than individual clans. However those familial relationships built over multiple generations still maintained their ties, first as monbatsu, then with industrialization, evolved into the pre-war zaibatsu, which were formed by these same inter-clan relationships. With the abolishment of the kazoku in 1947, they reverted to their unofficial keibatsu, and elements of which can be seen today in political families such as the Satō–Kishi–Abe family, with family ties to Marquess Inoue Kaoru, Viscount Ōshima Yoshimasa, and pre-war Foreign Minister Yōsuke Matsuoka, all descendants of lower ranking Chōshū samurai families who benefited from the clan's outsized influence in the Meiji era government, and effectively created their own new clan, despite the lack of official title.
Kudara no Konikishi clanThe Kudara no Konikishi clan (Japanese: 百済王氏, Kudara no konikishi-uji) was a Japanese clan whose founder, Zenkō (善光 or 禅広), was a son of King Uija, the last king of Baekje (located in the southwestern Korean Peninsula).
Yamato no Fuhito clanThe Yamato no Fuhito (和史), also known simply as Yamato clan (和氏), is an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the Nihon Shoki.
Nakatomi clanNakatomi clan (中臣氏, Nakatomi-uji) was a Japanese aristocratic kin group (uji). The clan claims descent from Ame-no-Koyane.
Prince JundaPrince Junda (純陁太子, Junda Taishi, ? – August 513?) was a member of the royal family of Baekje. He was a son of King Muryeong and the founder of the Yamato clan (和氏) (Takano clan (高野氏)) in Japan. Taishi (太子) of Junda Taishi is a title meaning Crown Prince, and Junda is the name.
Yamato clanYamato clan may refer to: Yamato no Fuhito clan, an immigrant clan founded by Wani that originates from Baekje (Korea) Yamato no Aya clan, an immigrant clan that originates from Baekje (Korea) Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko, the local governing clan of the Yamato Province
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