Five Regent Houses
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The Five Regent Houses were a group of elite kuge (court noble) families in Japan that monopolized the regency and key political influence at the imperial court during much of the Heian and subsequent periods.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of noble families
ⓘ
kuge family group ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Fujiwara regents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Fujiwara clan lineages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese noble families ⓘ Kuge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Ichijō family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Konoe family NERFINISHED ⓘ Kujō family NERFINISHED ⓘ Nijō family NERFINISHED ⓘ Takatsukasa family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| courtContext | Imperial Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Fujiwara clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymology | name refers to the five houses entitled to provide regents ⓘ |
| governanceModel | oligarchic control of regency offices ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
kampaku
ⓘ
sesshō ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
aristocratic marriage politics
ⓘ
court appointments ⓘ imperial succession politics ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | Gosekke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| location | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedPowerThrough |
hereditary succession of regent posts
ⓘ
marriage alliances with the imperial family ⓘ |
| monopolized |
key political influence at the imperial court
ⓘ
regency at the imperial court ⓘ |
| politicalRole | regent houses ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | regency government at the Japanese imperial court ⓘ |
| precededBy | single Fujiwara regent line ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | highest-ranking kuge families ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Sekkan politics ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Kyoto Imperial Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | kuge ⓘ |
| socialFunction | hereditary aristocracy at the imperial court ⓘ |
| statusInEdoPeriod | top rank of kuge under Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| titleHeldByMembers |
daijō-daijin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sadaijin ⓘ udaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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