The Kanshuji family

A noble family that split off from the Northern branch of the Fujiwara clan. They are also called "Kanjujike." Emperor Daigo's maternal grandfather, Minister of the Interior Takafuji, and his son, Minister of the Right Sadakata, built Kanshuji Temple in Yamashina, Kyoto, as the clan's family temple, and the temple's name became the general name for the clan. During the Insei period, the family prospered rapidly after Tamefusa and Akitaka, father and son, served as trusted vassals of Emperor Shirakawa. For generations, they served as ministers of the Daijokan (Grand Council of State), while also serving retired emperors and regents, and were involved in practical matters within the court or within the household, and were known as a ministerial family or a famous family. Tamefusa's descendants were divided into various families such as Kanroji and Hamuro, but after the Minister of the Interior Tsuneaki of the Northern and Southern Courts period took the name Kanshuji, the family took that name, and was granted the title of count under the Meiji peerage system. During the Edo period, the 13 families, including the family, were collectively known as the Kanshuji family.

[Yoshihiko Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

藤原氏北家(ほっけ)から分かれた公家(くげ)。「かんじゅじけ」ともいう。醍醐天皇(だいごてんのう)の外祖父内大臣高藤(たかふじ)の後で、その子右大臣定方(さだかた)の建てた京都・山科(やましな)の勧修寺を一門の氏寺としたので、寺名が一門の総称ともなった。院政時代、為房(ためふさ)・顕隆(あきたか)父子が白河院の近臣として活躍してから急速に繁栄し、代々太政官(だいじょうかん)の弁官となる一方、上皇や摂関家に仕えて、院中あるいは家中の実務をとり、弁官家とか名家(めいか)といわれた。為房の子孫は、甘露寺(かんろじ)、葉室(はむろ)などの諸家に分かれたが、南北朝時代の内大臣経顕(つねあき)が勧修寺を号してからその家号となり、明治の華族制度では伯爵を授けられた。なお江戸時代には、同家を含む一門13家を総称して勧修寺家ともよんでいる。

［橋本義彦］

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