Kabane Family Name - Kabanesei

…The Ritsuryo state created family registries periodically to ensure control over the people of the country, but since people without surnames could not be registered in the family registries, various surnames were given according to status and rank. Surnames under the Ritsuryo system can be broadly divided into six types: Kabane surnames, Zokusei surnames, Hitosei surnames, Besei surnames, Hitobesei surnames, and Bosei surnames. Kabane surnames, such as Fujiwara no Ason and Izumo no Omi, contain the character kabane, and were given to the privileged ruling class such as aristocrats and powerful clans. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention the "Kabane surname" are listed below.

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…律令国家は全国の人民を確実に支配するために戸籍を定期的に作ったが，無姓のままでは戸籍に登録できないので，身分や階級等に応じてさまざまな姓を与えた。律令制下の姓はカバネ姓，族姓（ぞくせい），人姓（ひとせい），部姓（べせい），人部姓（ひとべせい），某姓（ぼうせい）の6類型に大別できる。カバネ姓は藤原朝臣，出雲臣のようにカバネを含む姓で，貴族･豪族など特権的な支配階級に授与された。…

※「カバネ姓」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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