Itsuji Shrine - Itsuji no Miya

Japanese: 五辻宮 - いつつじのみや

This is an Imperial family from the end of the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period, and is noted for being an early hereditary Imperial family. It is named after the residence of the lord at Itsuji in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City. The first head was Prince Moriyoshi of Emperor Kameyama, who became a monk and took the name Kakujo (or Kakusei). In 1327 (Kareya 2), he handed over the Itsuji estate, which he had inherited, to Shikibukyo Wakamiya (possibly Prince Hiroakira), who is thought to be the son of Prince Hisaakira, Shogun of the Jimyoin lineage of the Kamakura Palace. During the Kenmu Restoration, there was a dispute between Moriyoshi and Sokaku, who is thought to be the son of Prince Moriyoshi, but with the fall of Prince Moriyoshi's side, who fought in various places as a general for the Southern Court, Prince Hiroakira's descendants inherited the title of Imperial Prince.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鎌倉末から室町時代における宮家で，早い時期に成立した世襲親王家として注目される。京都市上京区五辻に殿宅があるのにちなむ。初代は亀山天皇の子守良親王で，出家し覚浄(覚静とも)と号し，1327年(嘉暦2)相伝した五辻屋地を持明院統の鎌倉宮将軍久明親王の子と思われる式部卿若宮(熙明親王か)に譲った。建武中興時には守良親王の子と思われる宗覚との間に相論があったが，南朝方の将として各地に転戦した守良親王方の没落に伴い，熙明親王の子孫が宮号を襲封した。

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