Minase Family - Minaseke

Japanese: 水無瀬家 - みなせけ

They are descendants of Michitaka, the son of Kaneie of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan. In other words, their ancestor was Michitaka's descendant Chunagon Chikanobu (1137-97). Chikanobu's son Chikane, and Chikane's son Nobunari were favorites of the retired Emperor Gotoba, and Chikane became a monk after the retired Emperor after the Jokyu War, and Nobunari also became a monk after the death of the retired Emperor. Nobunari's son Chikanari lived on the site of the Minase Imperial Villa that was given to him by the retired Emperor, and built a Goei-do Hall there to worship the spirit of the retired Emperor, and from then on the family was called Minase. Next, Chikanari's son Yoshichika served the Imperial Court, and in the Muromachi period, after Shigechika's death, he had no children, so Suekane, the son of Sanjo Kinfuyu, took over the family name.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

藤原氏北家兼家の男道隆の後裔。すなわち道隆の後胤坊門中納言親信(1137‐97)を祖とする。親信の男坊門親兼および親兼の男信成は後鳥羽上皇の寵臣で，親兼は承久の乱後に上皇に従って落飾し，信成もまた法皇の没後に出家した。信成の男親成は法皇より譲渡を受けた水無瀬離宮の址に住居し，同所に御影堂を営んで法皇の霊をまつり，これにより以後は水無瀬を称するようになった。ついで親成の男良親は朝廷に仕え，室町時代には重親の没後，子がなかったため三条公冬の男季兼が入って家名を継いだ。

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