Kanroji family

Japanese: 甘露寺家 - かんろじけ

The main line of the Kajiyuji family, Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan. The family is a famous family. It began with Gon Chunagon Tamesuke, the son of Fujiwara no Yoshikado, posthumously awarded Grand Minister of State, and great-grandson of Takato, posthumously awarded Grand Minister of State. Tamesuke was the first to use the name Kanroji, but his descendants used the names Kanroji, Yoshida, or Bojo. However, when Fujinaga was appointed Gon Chunagon during the Nanboku-cho period, Yoshida Kunitoshi, who was also a member of the same family, was promoted from Councillor to Gon Chunagon, and since Fujinaga took the name Kanroji, this has been the family name for generations. Looking at the family lineage, Councillor Tamefusa of the late Heian period is famous for writing the Daiki (Tamefusa Kyoki), and his son Councillor Tametaka is famous for writing the Eishoki, but even in the Kamakura period, Tametaka's grandson Gon Dainagon Tsunefusa wrote the Kitsuki, and Tsunefusa's great-grandson Gon Dainagon Tsunenaga wrote the Kitsugi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

藤原氏北家，勧修寺（かじゆうじ）の嫡流。家格は名家。贈太政大臣藤原良門の子で贈太政大臣高藤の曾孫権中納言為輔に始まる。為輔がはじめて甘露寺と号したが，その子孫は勧修寺，吉田あるいは坊城を称していた。しかし南北朝時代の藤長が権中納言に補任されたとき，同門の吉田国俊も参議から権中納言に昇進したため，藤長が甘露寺を称して以来，代々これを家号とした。家系をみると，平安時代後期の参議為房は《大記》(《為房卿記》)の，その子参議為隆は《永昌記》の筆者として著名であるが，鎌倉時代に入っても為隆の孫権大納言経房は《吉記（きつき）》を，経房の玄孫権大納言経長は《吉続記》を著している。

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