The Five Regent Houses (五摂家; go-sekke) is a collective term for the five families of the Fujiwara clan that monopolized the regent position of Sekkan in...

dominance. During the 13th century, the Fujiwara Hok-ke was split into five regent houses: Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō. They had a "monopoly"...

were divided into Five regent houses (五摂家, Go-sekke): the Konoe, Kujō, Nijō, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa families. From then on, these five families served...

founded by Kujō Michiie's son Nijō Yoshizane. The Nijō was one of the Five regent houses; from which, the Sesshō and Kampaku were chosen. The family name Nijō...

hereditary position as imperial regents (Sesshō and Kampaku). In the Kamakura period, it further split into the Five regent houses, who continued to monopolize...

The Takatsukasa was a branch of the Fujiwara clan and one of the Five regent houses, from which Sesshō and Kampaku could be chosen. The family crest of...

founded by Kujō Michiie's son Ichijō Sanetsune and was one of the Five regent houses, from which the Sesshō and Kampaku were chosen. The Tosa-Ichijō clan...

tree Fujiwara clan Five regent houses List of Kuge families During the Edo period, some of the former royal members from Imperial House of Japan were adopted...

clan, the clan was eventually split up into Five regent houses during the Kamakura period, with each of the five families having the right to assume the regency...

bakufu) would go on to last for almost 150 years, from 1185 to 1333. Five regent houses Heian Palace Kyoto Gosho Tiedemann, Arthur (2002). Sources of Japanese...