Kogake

Japanese: 久我家 - こがけ

The main line of the Murakami Genji. Seiga family. Minamoto Akifusa's daughter, Kenshi, became the empress of Emperor Shirakawa and gave birth to Emperor Horikawa. Kenshi's older brother, Masazane, became the Grand Minister of State and was later revered as the founder of the Koga family. By the early 12th century, he had a residence in Kyoto's Koga (present-day Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City), and was called "Kuga Grand Minister of State," which is where the family name comes from. He held a high official position within the Genji clan, and often served as the head of the Genji family and the head priests of Shogakuin and Junnain. In the early Kamakura period, the Tsuchimikado, Nakanoin, and Rokujo families were established as branch families, and in the Edo period, branch families such as the Iwakura, Chigusa, Higashikuze, and Kuze families were established. The "Kuga Family Documents" extend up to the Meiji period, but most of the documents from the Heian period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period are valuable in learning about the transition and maintenance of the family estates of court nobles and aristocrats. →Kuga Manor → Related article Kaito Manor

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Japanese:

村上源氏の嫡流(ちゃくりゅう)。清華(せいが)家。源顕房(あきふさ)の女(むすめ)賢子(けんし)は白河天皇の皇后となり，堀河天皇を産んだ。賢子の兄雅実(まさざね)は太政(だいじょう)大臣となり，のちに久我家の家祖と仰がれたが，12世紀初頭までにその邸宅を京都久我（現京都市伏見区）に営み，〈久我太政大臣〉と称されたのが家名の由来。源氏の中でも官位が高く，源氏長者や奨学院・淳和(じゅんな)院の別当になることも多かった。鎌倉初期に庶流として土御門(つちみかど)家・中院(なかのいん)家・六条家が興され，江戸期には岩倉家・千種(ちぐさ)家・東久世(ひがしくぜ)家・久世家などの庶流が興された。《久我家文書》は明治期までに及ぶが，平安期から織豊(しょくほう)時代までの大部分は，公家(くげ)貴族の家領(けりょう)の変遷およびその維持などを知るうえで貴重。→久我荘
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