Yoshida Family - Yoshidake

Japanese: 吉田家 - よしだけ

A priest at Yoshida Shrine in Kyoto. His real surname was Urabe. He served the Shinto Bureau using tortoise divination, but in the mid-Heian period, around the time of Kanenobu, he was appointed as a priest at Yoshida Shrine, and later inherited the position. During the Nanboku-cho period, under the rule of Kanehiro, he took on the name Yoshida. A collateral branch included Kenko, who is famous for his Tsurezuregusa. During the Sengoku period, Kanetomo established Yuitsu Shinto (→ Yoshida Shinto), and had a great influence on the world of Shinto priests. During the Edo period, he was granted the right to issue various licenses, and he had almost all the priests in the country under his control, making his influence extremely large. In the Meiji period, he became a viscount.

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Japanese:

京都吉田神社の祠官。本姓は卜部 (うらべ) 氏。亀卜をもって神祇官に仕えたが，平安時代中期，兼延の頃から吉田神社の祠官に任じ，のちこれを継承するにいたり，南北朝時代兼煕のとき吉田家を称した。傍系に『徒然草』で有名な兼好がいる。戦国時代の兼倶は唯一神道 (→吉田神道 ) を興し，神職界に多大な影響力をもった。江戸時代には，各種の免許発行権を認められ，全国の神職のほとんどを配下に収め，その勢力ははなはだ大きかった。明治にいたり子爵となる。

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