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.

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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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Kujō family partOf Five Regent Houses