Genji Ogimachi

Japanese: 正親町源氏 - おおぎまちげんじ
Genji Ogimachi

…During the Insei period after Emperor Shirakawa, up until the time of the retired Emperor Gotoba, most of the princes became monks and entered temples, so the practice of bestowing surnames was not practiced, and therefore the Genji clan did not arise. However, after the Kamakura period, the Juntoku Genji clan was established from the line of Emperor Juntoku's son, Prince Tadanari, followed by the Gosaga Genji clan, Kameyama Genji clan, and Gonijo Genji clan, and later the Ogimachi Genji clan (from Prince Tomohito, the grandson of the emperor). In this way, a great number of Genji clans were born with the surname bestowed over the course of history, and although it is almost impossible to know the exact total number, there is no doubt that the circumstances of their establishment suggest that the majority of the lineages were buried within aristocratic society. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Masagimachi Genji" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…白河天皇以後の院政期,後鳥羽上皇のころまでは皇子のほとんどが出家して寺院に入ったためか,賜姓のことは行われず,したがって源氏は生まれなかった。しかし鎌倉時代に入って以後,順徳天皇の皇子の忠成王の系統から順徳源氏が成立し,ついで後嵯峨源氏,亀山源氏,後二条源氏が見られ,さらに後世になって正親町(おおぎまち)源氏(皇孫知仁親王より)が生じた。 このように歴史の流れとともにおびただしい数の賜姓源氏が生まれ,その正確な総数を知ることはほとんど不可能であるが,その大部分の系流が貴族社会の中に埋没していったことはその成立事情から推して疑いない。…

※「正親町源氏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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