Genji Murakami

Japanese: 村上源氏 - むらかみげんじ

This clan was founded by Emperor Murakami's grandson, Morofusa. In 1020, Morofusa became a commoner, was given the surname Minamoto, and became the adopted son of Fujiwara no Yorimichi. His descendants also allied with the Fujiwara clan, the regents, and held important posts in the Imperial Court, making this a powerful clan throughout the Heian and Kamakura periods. At the end of the 12th century, during the time of Michichika, they pursued Kujo Kanezane and seized real power in the Imperial Court, opposing the Kamakura shogunate. Later, they split into various families, including the Nakain, Tsuchimikado, Koga, Rokujo, Iwakura, Chikusa, and Kitabatake families, and maintained their position among the aristocratic class, in contrast to the Seiwa Genji, a royal family that was also given the surname and developed as a samurai class during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. This line also monopolized the position of Minamoto no Choja in the Middle Ages, until Koga Tomomichi handed it over to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. (→Genji)

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Japanese:

村上天皇の孫師房を祖とする氏族。師房は寛仁4 (1020) 年臣籍にくだり，源の姓を賜わって藤原頼通の猶子となった。子孫も摂関家藤原氏と結んで朝廷の要職を占め，平安～鎌倉時代を通じて有力な氏族であった。 12世紀末，通親のときには，九条兼実を追って朝廷の実権を握り，鎌倉幕府に対抗した。のち中院，土御門，久我 (こが) ，六条，岩倉，千種，北畠などの諸家に分れ，鎌倉～室町時代の武士階級として発展した同じ賜姓皇族の清和源氏に対して，貴族階級のうちにその地位を保持した。中世の源氏長者も，久我具通が足利義満に譲るまでこの流れが独占した。 (→源氏 )

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