Court noble family

…In contrast, those who are not allowed to enter the palace are called jikata. In the Edo period, for example, members of the Dojo family were allowed to enter the palace at their coming-of-age ceremony, and then they were promoted to the rank of councilor or third rank or higher and were ranked as nobles, so they were also called noble families or noble families. [Yoneda Yusuke] …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Kugyo family" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これに対し，昇殿をゆるされないものを地下という。江戸時代には，堂上家の人は元服にさいして昇殿をゆるされるのを例とし，爾後累進して参議や三位以上の官位につき公卿に列せられることから，公卿家，公家衆とも称された。【米田 雄介】。…

※「公卿家」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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