Sugawara clan
Sugawara clan 菅原氏 | |
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Mon: Umebachi | |
Home province | Yamato Province |
Parent house | Haji clan |
Founder | Sugawara no Furuhito |
Founding year | 781 |
Cadet branches |
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The Sugawara clan (菅原氏, Sugawara-uji) was a Japanese aristocratic family claiming descent from
In the mid-Heian period, Sugawara no Michizane served as Minister of the Right, but the clan weakened soon after being demoted from the upper court nobility, kugyō. They continued to serve as heads of the Imperial University, until Sugawara no Tamenaga became Associate Counselor, after which the clan reentered the upper court nobility. The clan later divided into six branches, the Takatsuji clan, Gojō clan, Higashibōjō clan, Karahashi clan, Kiyo'oka clan and Kuwahara clan, all of which stayed in upper court nobility.
Origins
The clan ancestor,
History
Sugawara no Furuhito studied
In the early
In the early modern period, the clan divided into six branches: the Takatsuji clan, Gojō clan, Higashibōjō clan, Karahashi clan, Kiyo'oka clan and Kuwahara clan, all of which were dōjōke-ranking (hanke) kuge families. After the mid-Heian period, the majority of the Confucian scholars participating in the planning process of era names were descendants of the Sugawara clan.[3]
In the medieval samurai society, the Karahashi clan was considered to be the main line of the Sugawara clan, and dominated the role of Sugawara clan leader known as Kitano no Chōja. However, after the Karahashi Arikazu murder incident, the clan weakened, and members of the Takatsuji clan, Gojō clan and Higashibōjō clan were chosen for the role instead.[4]
Clans descended from Sugawara
- Hisamatsu clan; descended from the Sugawara clan.[5]
- Mimasaka Kan clan; a samurai family from Mimasaka Province.[5]
- Maeda clan; descended from the Harada clan, a branch of the Mimasaka Kan clan, or from a son born to Sugawara no Michizane in Kyushu.[5]
- Yagyū clan; descended from the Sugawara clan.[5][6]
- Minobe family; a Kōga-ryū family that claims descent from Sugawara no Atsushige.[7]
Notable members
- Sugawara no Furuhito
- Sugawara no Kiyotomo
- Sugawara no Koreyoshi
- Sugawara no Michizane
- Sugawara no Takasue's daughter
See also
- Daigaku-ryō
- Takano no Niigasa (Niece of Nomi no Sukune)
References
- ^ OCLC 1125133338.
- ^ 滝川, 幸司 (2017-09-30). "菅原道真の子息をめぐる二、三の問題 : 阿視と高視・淳茂の左遷その他". 女子大國文 (in Japanese). 161: 21–56.
- ^ a b Tokoro, Isao. "「日本年号の来歴と特色」第106回歴博フォーラム 年号と日本文化 -国立歴史民俗博物館" (PDF). National Museum of Japanese History. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- OCLC 780474814.
- ^ a b c d Hotta, Masaatsu (1923). "寛政重脩諸家譜. 第6輯 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション". National Diet Library (in Japanese). pp. 889, 915, 933. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ Arai, Hakuseki (1894). "藩翰譜. 巻3 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション". National Diet Library (in Japanese). Yoshikawa Hanshichi. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ Kido, Masayuki (2009). "城に見る水口の中世から近世 ―美濃部氏城館・水口岡山城・水口城―" (PDF). Shiga Prefectural Association for Cultural Heritage. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-06-03.