Kazanin family

The Northern Fujiwara clan is a branch of the Michinaga line. It began when Ietada, the second son of Michinaga's grandson, the Chancellor Morozane, inherited the Kazan-in mansion and made it the family name. It is one of the Seiga clans, a family with a rank second only to the Sekkanke family and a potential to become the Grand Minister of State. Its descendant, Morokata, climbed Mount Hiei in place of Emperor Godaigo during the Genkō Incident (1331), allowing the Emperor to escape to Kasagi, and his grandson, Nagachika, served the Southern Court and was famous as a poet. However, the majority of the Kazan-in clan sided with the Northern Court, and continued to prosper, becoming a marquis in the Meiji period.

[Toshihiko Fukui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

藤原北家(ほっけ)道長流。道長の孫関白師実(もろざね)の二男家忠(いえただ)が邸宅花山院を伝領し、これを家の号としたのに始まる。摂関家に次ぐ家柄で太政大臣(だいじょうだいじん)になりうる清華家(せいがけ)の一つ。その子孫師賢(もろかた)は元弘(げんこう)の変（1331）のとき後醍醐天皇(ごだいごてんのう)の身代りとして比叡山(ひえいざん)に登り、そのすきに天皇を笠置(かさぎ)に逃れさせ、その孫長親(ながちか)は南朝に仕え歌人として有名である。しかし花山院の主流は北朝方について、その後も繁栄し、明治時代に至り侯爵となった。

［福井俊彦］

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