Nakamikado family

A nobleman of the Kanjuji line of the Northern branch of the Fujiwara clan. A distinguished family with the highest rank of Gon Dainagon. The family's origins lie in Tsunetsugu, the fourth son of Bojo Tsunetoshi, son of Kanjuji Suketsune, who took the name Nakamikado in the late Kamakura period. For generations, the family served as aides to the emperor, and Akitoyo, Nobutane, and Nobuhide in the Muromachi period were all highly educated and protected the ancient customs of the Imperial Court in its decline. In the Edo period, the family's stipend was 200 koku, and Nobumochi, the second son of Hisayoshi, established the Okazaki family as a branch family. During the middle and late Edo period, many people died young, and adopted children were adopted from other families. Tsuneyuki, who lived at the end of the Edo period, made an outstanding contribution to the Meiji Restoration, and after the Restoration, he was ranked among the nobility and his son Tsuneaki became a count due to his family's status, but in 1888 (Meiji 21) Tsuneyuki was awarded a marquis in recognition of his achievements. Furthermore, Tsuneyuki's third son, Takaie, branched off from the family and was awarded the title of baron. In addition, the descendants of Yorimune, the second son of the regent Michinaga, once called themselves Nakamikado, but later took the name Matsuki, which continues to this day.

[Harutake Iikura]

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藤原氏北家(ほっけ)勧修寺(かじゅうじ)流の公家(くげ)。家格は権大納言(ごんだいなごん)を極官(ごっかん)とする名家。勧修寺資経(すけつね)の子坊城経俊(ぼうじょうつねとし)の四男経継(つねつぐ)が鎌倉後期に中御門と号したのを祖とする。代々天皇の側近として仕え、とくに室町時代の明豊(あきとよ)、宣胤(のぶたね)、宣秀(のぶひで)は学殖も深く、衰微した朝廷にあって故実典礼(こじつてんれい)を守った。江戸時代の知行高(ちぎょうだか)は200石、また尚良(ひさよし)の二男宣持(のぶもち)は分家して岡崎家をおこした。江戸中・末期は若死にする者が多く、他家から養嗣子(ようしし)を迎えた。幕末の経之(つねゆき)は明治維新に功をたて、維新後、華族に列し家格により子の経明(つねあき)が伯爵となったが、経之の功により1888年（明治21）侯爵を授けられた。また経之の三男隆家(たかいえ)は分家して男爵を授けられた。なお、関白道長(みちなが)の二男頼宗(よりむね)の子孫が、一時中御門を称したが、のちに松木と称して今日に至った家もある。

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