Takakura family

Japanese: 高倉家 - たかくらけ

(1) A descendant of the Northern branch of the Fujiwara clan. Descendants of Gon Chunagon Nagayoshi (802-856), son of Kan'in Sadaijin Fuyutsugu. The founder of the family was Nagasue (1338-92), a councilor during the Nanboku-cho period. The family is a half-family, old family. The highest rank of the family was Gon Dainagon. The founder Nagasue was well versed in court etiquette and customs, and since then the family has made court etiquette and customs its business, especially as a family of costumes, in charge of the preparation of clothing and patterns, making it a close relative of the Yamashina family. In terms of political history, Nagahide (1728-99), who became a nun after being involved in the Horeki Incident in the late Edo period, and Nagasuke (1838-68), who became the governor-general of the Hokuriku region and the governor-general of the Aizu expedition during the Meiji Restoration, and was killed in battle in Aizu, are well known.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

(1)藤原氏北家の流れ。閑院左大臣冬嗣の男，権中納言長良(802‐856)の後裔。南北朝期の参議永季(1338‐92)を始祖とする。家格は半家，旧家。権大納言を極官とする。始祖永季が有職故実に通暁し，以後代々有職故実を家業とし，ことに装束の家として衣紋の調進をつかさどり，山科家と双へきをなす。政治史的には，江戸時代後期に宝暦事件に連座して落飾した永秀(1728‐99)，また明治維新に当たって，北陸道鎮撫総督兼会津征討総督となり，会津で戦死した永祐(1838‐68)が知られている。

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