Sekkanke - Regent

A family lineage that was appointed as regent and chancellor. Since Emperor Seiwa's maternal grandfather, Fujiwara Yoshifusa, was the first vassal to be appointed regent, the position of regent was hereditary in the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, but especially after Yoshifusa's grandson Tadahira split into the Ononomiya lineage of Saneyori and the Kujo lineage of Morosuke, the position was largely passed down to the Kujo lineage, and after Fujiwara Michinaga achieved the height of the regent's power, it was monopolized by his descendants, and gradually became established as a family lineage and was called "Ichinoie". In the Kamakura period, it split into five regent families, including the Konoe family.

[Yoshihiko Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

摂政(せっしょう)、関白(かんぱく)に任ぜられる家柄。清和(せいわ)天皇のとき外祖父藤原良房(よしふさ)が臣下として初めて摂政に任ぜられて以来、摂関の職は藤原氏北家(ほっけ)に世襲されたが、とくに良房の孫忠平(ただひら)のあとが実頼(さねより)の小野宮流と師輔(もろすけ)の九条流に分かれてからは、多く九条流に伝えられ、さらに藤原道長(みちなが)が摂関最盛期を築いて以後その子孫に独占され、しだいに家柄として固定し「一家(いちのいえ)」とよばれた。鎌倉時代に入って近衛(このえ)家以下五摂家に分立した。

［橋本義彦］

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