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Everything about Japanese Clans totally explainedThis is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans ( Gōzoku) mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period. Instead of gozoku, new aristocracies, Kuge families emerged in the period. In the late of the Heian period, warrior class clans ( Samurai) have gradually gained power and subsequently dominated the country.
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Ancient-era clan names (Honsei/)
Imperial House
Gōzoku
Abe clan - descended from Prince Ōhiko, son of Emperor Kōgen; no direct relation to the Abe clan of Ōshū .
Abe clan of Ōshū - descended from Abihiko (disputed); no direct relation to the Kōgen-descent Abe clan, famous for Abe no Hirafu and Abe no Yoritoki.
Aya clan of Sanuki province - According to the Kojiki descended from Prince Takekaiko, grandson of Emperor Keikō.
Imube clan - descended from the kami Ame no Futotama no Mikoto (legendary), and his descendant Ame no Tomi no Mikoto companion in arms of Emperor Jimmu.
Hashiji clan - descended from the kami Nomi no Sukune (legendary).
Ki clan - descended from Emperor Kōgen by the Minister Takeshi-uchi no Sukune; famous for Ki no Tsurayuki.
Kusakabe clan - descended from 9th Emperor Kaika, or 36th Emperor Kōtoku (disputed).
Mononobe clan - descended from the kami Nigihayahi no Mikoto (legendary), a descendant of the elder brother of Ninigi no Mikoto (legendary), great-grandfather of Emperor Jimmu; famous for Mononobe no Moriya.
Nakatomi clan - descended from the kami Ame no Koyane no Mikoto (legendary), and his descendant Ame no Taneko no Mikoto companion in arms of Emperor Jimmu; origin of Fujiwara clan.
Ō clan - descended from Prince Kamuyaimimi no Mikoto, son of Emperor Jimmu.
Ochi clan - descended from Mononobe clan.
Ōe clan - descended from Hashiji clan.
Ōtomo clan - descended from Michi-omi no Mikoto companion in arms of Emperor Jimmu; no direct relation to the immigrant Ōtomo clan or feudal Ōtomo clan ; famous for Ōtomo no Yakamochi.
Sugawara clan - descended from Hashiji clan; famous for Sugawara no Michizane
Soga clan - descended from Emperor Kōgen, by the Minister Takeshi-uchi no Sukune; famous for Soga no Umako.
Takahashi clan
Immigrant clans
Hata clan - descended from Prince Yuzuki no Kimi, a descendant of Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Chinese Qin Dynasty.
Kawachi no Aya clan
Kawachi no Fumi clan - descended from the scholar Wani, ultimately from Emperor Gaozu of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Koremune clan - lateral branch of the Hata clan, descended from Prince Kōman-Ō of the Chinese Qin Dynasty.
Kudara no Konikishi clan - descended from King Uija of Baekje.
Ōkura clan - a branch of the Yamato no Aya clan.
Ōtomo clan - descended from Chinese immigrants; no direct relation to the native Ōtomo clan or feudal Ōtomo clan .
Takamuko clan - descended from Emperor Wen of the Chinese Cao Wei Dynasty; famous for Takamuko no Kuromaro.
Tatara clan - descended from Prince Rinshō, a son of King Seong of Baekje (disputed).
Yamato no Aya clan - descended from Prince Achi no Omi, a grand-grandchild of Emperor Ling of Han of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Yamato no Fumi clan - possiblly a branch of the Yamato no Aya clan.
Kuge
, 4 noble clans of ancient Japan:
Minamoto clan - also known as Genji; cadet branches of Imperial House of Japan.
Taira clan - also known as Heishi; 4 cadet branches of Imperial House of Japan.
Fujiwara clan - descended from Fujiwara no Kamatari.
Tachibana clan - descended from Prince Naniwa-Ō, son of Prince Shōtoku-Taishi (572-621), 2nd son of Emperor Yōmei; no direct relation to the feudal Tachibana clan
Feudal-era clan names (Myōji/)
Abe clan of Mikawa - descended from Emperor Kōgen and the ancient Abe clan ; no direct relation to the Abe clan of Ōshū .
Adachi clan - descended from Fujiwara clan.
Akahoshi clan - cadet branch of Kikuchi clan who descended from Fujiwara clan.
Akamatsu clan - descended from Murakami Genji.
Akechi clan - cadet branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Akechi Mitsuhide.
Akita clan - descended from Abe clan of Ōshū.
Akiyama clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Akizuki clan - descended from Prince Achi no Omi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Amago clan - cadet branch of Sasaki clan who descended from Uda Genji.
Amakasu clan - cadet branch of Nitta clan who descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed).
Amakusa clan - descended from Ōkura clan.
Anayama clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Andō clan - descended from Abe clan of Ōshū, by Abe no Hirafu.
Asakura clan - descended from Prince Kusakabe son of Emperor Temmu.
Asano clan - cadet branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Ashikaga clan - descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Ashikaga Shogunate; no direct relation to the Fujiwara-descent Ashikaga clan
Ashikaga clan (Fujiwara) - descended from Fujiwara Hokke; no direct relation to the Genji-descent Ashikaga clan.
Ashina clan - cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kammu Heishi.
Aso clan - descended from Emperor Jimmu by the Ō clan.
Asō clan - cadet branch of Utsunomiya clan who descended from Fujiwara Hokke; famous for Tarō Asō.
Atagi clan - cadet branch of Ogasawara clan who descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed).
Azai clan - descended from Fujiwara clan.
Bitō clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Chiba clan - descended from Kammu Heishi.
Chōsokabe clan - descended from Hata clan (disputed).
Date clan - also known as Idate clan or Idachi clan, descended from Fujiwara Hokke; famous for Date Masamune.
Doi clan - cadet branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed); no direct relation to the Heishi-descent Doi clan.
Doi clan - descended from Kammu Heishi; no direct relation to the Genji-descent Doi clan.
Gotō clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Hachisuka clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan by the Shiba clan who descended from Seiwa Genji, famous for Hachisuka Masakatsu.
Haga clan - descended from Kiyowara clan.
Hashiba clan - also known as their honsei: Toyotomi clan ; descended from Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Hatakeyama clan - descended from Kammu Heishi before 1205. After 1205 the Hatakeyama are a cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Hatano clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Hayashi clan - cadet branch of Kōno clan who descended from Prince Iyo, son of Emperor Kammu.
Hiki clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Hirano clan - descended from Prince Toneri son of Emperor Temmu, by the Kiyowara clan.
Hitotsuyanagi clan - cadet branch of Kōno clan who descended from Prince Iyo, son of Emperor Kammu.
Hōjō clan - descended from Kammu Heishi (disputed); no direct relation to the Late Hōjō clan or Kitajō clan ; regents of the Kamakura Shogunate.
Late Hōjō clan - also known as Hōjō clan or Go-Hōjō clan; descended from Kammu Heishi; no direct relation to the regent Hōjō clan or Kitajō clan .
Homma clan - also known as Honma clan or Homma clan of Sado; cadet branch of Yokoyama clan who descended from Ono no Takamura (disputed).
Honda clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke; famous for Honda Tadakatsu.
Hosokawa clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Hotta clan - descended from Emperor Kōgen, by the Minister Takeshi-uchi no Sukune.
Ichijō family - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Ichijō clan of Tosa - cadet branch of Ichijō family who descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Ii clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke; famous for Ii Naomasa and Ii Naosuke.
Ikeda clan - descended from Seiwa Genji; no direct relation to other clans called Ikeda.
Ikeda clan - no direct relation to other clans called Ikeda.
Ikeda clan - no direct relation to other clans called Ikeda.
Ikeda clan - cadet branch of Sasaki clan; no direct relation to other clans called Ikeda.
Ikeda clan - descended from Ki clan (disputed). no direct relation to other clans called Ikeda.
Imagawa clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Inaba clan - cadet branch of Kōno clan who descended from Prince Iyo, son of Emperor Kammu.
Inoue clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Ishida clan - cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kammu Heishi (disputed). famous for Ishida Mitsunari
Ishikawa clan - also known as Ishikawa Genji; descended from Seiwa Genji.
Ishimaki clan - descended from Fujiwara Nanke.
Itō clan - cadet branch of Kudō clan who descended from Fujiwara Nanke.
Kamiizumi clan - cadet branch of Fujiwara-descent Ashikaga clan who descended Fujiwara Hokke.
Kagawa clan - descended from Kammu Heishi.
Kikkawa clan - cadet branch of Kudō clan who descended from Fujiwara Nanke. After the mid 16th century they're a cadet branch of the Mōri clan who descended from the Ōe clan.
Kikuchi clan - descended from Fujiwara clan.
Kira clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Kira Yoshinaka.
Kiso clan - descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Minamoto no Yoshinaka.
Kitabatake clan - descended from Murakami Genji.
Kitajō clan - also known as Kitajō clan of Echigo or Mōri Kitajō clan; cadet branch of Mōri clan; no direct relation to the Hōjō clan or Late Hōjō clan .
Kiyowara clan - descended from Prince Toneri, son of the Emperor Temmu (631-686).
Kobayakawa clan - cadet branch of Doi clan who descended from Kammu Heishi. After the mid 16th century they're a cadet branch of the Mōri clan who descended from the Ōe clan, famous for Kobayakawa Takakage and Kobayakawa Hideaki.
Kodama clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Koga clan - descended from Murakami Genji.
Kōno clan - descended from Prince Iyo son of Emperor Kammu.
Konoe family - descended from Fujiwara Hokke. famous for Konoe Fumimaro.
Kudō clan - descended from Fujiwara Nanke.
Kujō family - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Kyōgoku clan - cadet branch of Sasaki clan who descended from Uda Genji.
Maeda clan - descended from Sugawara clan. famous for Maeda Toshiie.
Matsuda clan - cadet branch of Hatano clan who descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Matsudaira clan - cadet branch of Nitta clan, by the Tokugawa clan descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed); famous for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Matsumae clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan who descended from Seiwa Genji;
Miura clan - descended from Kammu Heishi.
Mikumo clan - cadet branch of Kodama clan who descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Miyoshi clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan, by the Ogasawara clan who descended from Seiwa Genji; no direct relation to the Fujiwara-descent Miyoshi clan ; famous for Miyoshi Nagayoshi.
Miyoshi clan - descended from Fujiwara clan; no direct relation to the Ogasahara-descent Miyoshi clan .
Mogami clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Mori clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Mōri clan - descended from Ōe clan; no direct relation to the Genji-descent Mōri clan or Fujiwara-descent Mōri clan ; famous for Mōri Motonari and his sons.
Mōri clan - descended from Uda Genji; no direct relation to Ōe-descent Mōri clan or Fujiwara-descent Mōri clan ;
Mōri clan - descended from Fujiwara clan (disputed); no direct relation to Ōe-descent Mōri clan or Genji-descent Mōri clan ;
Murakami clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Nagao clan - descended from Kammu Heishi; famous for Uesugi Kenshin.
Nabeshima clan - cadet branch of Shōni clan who descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Nambu clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Nijō family - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Nitta clan - descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Nitta Yoshisada.
Niwa clan - cadet branch of Kodama clan who descended from Fujiwara Hokke (disputed); no direct relation to the Isshiki-descent Niwa clan .
Niwa clan - caded branch of Isshiki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji; no direct relation to the Kodama-descent Niwa clan .
Oda clan - descended from Kammu Heishi; famous for Oda Nobunaga.
Ōta clan - descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Ōta Dōkan.
Ogasawara clan - cadet branch of Takeda clan descended from Seiwa Genji.
Ōtomo clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke; no direct relation to the ancient Ōtomo clan or Ōtomo clan ; famous for Ōtomo Sōrin.
Ōuchi clan - descended from Tatara clan.
Rokkaku clan - cadet branch of Sasaki clan who descended from Uda Genji.
Sagara clan - descended from Fujiwara Nanke.
Saitō clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke; famous for Saitō Dōsan.
Sakai clan - cadet branch of Nitta clan, by the Tokugawa clan descended from Seiwa Genji.
Sakuma clan - cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kammu Heishi
Sanada clan - descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed); famous for Sanada Nobushige who is more commonly known as Sanada Yukimura.
Sasaki clan - descended from Uda Genji.
Satake clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Shiba clan - cadet branch of Ashikaga clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Shimazu clan - also known as Satsuma Clan; descended from Seiwa Genji.
Shimmen clan - also known as Shinmen clan; cadet branch of Akamatsu clan who descended from Murakami Genji.
Sō clan - descended from Koremune clan.
Sogō clan - descended from Emperor Keikō.
Sōma clan - cadet branch of Chiba clan who descended from Kammu Heishi.
Sue clan - cadet branch of Ōuchi clan who descended from Tatara clan. famous for Sue Harukata.
Sugi clan - cadet branch of Sasaki clan who descended from Uda Genji; famous for Yoshida Shōin.
Suwa clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Tachibana clan - cadet branch of Ōtomo clan, descended from Ōtomo Yoshinao; no direct relation to the ancient Tachibana clan ; famous for Tachibana Ginchiyo.
Takanashi clan - cadet branch of Inoue clan who descended from Seiwa Genji (disputed).
Takatsukasa family - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Takeda clan - also known as Takeda clan of Kai; descended from Seiwa Genji; famous for Takeda Shingen.
Takenaka clan - cadet branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji.
Takigawa clan - descended from Ki clan or Tomo clan (disputed).
Tanegashima clan - descended from Kammu Heishi (disputed); famous for production of early firearms.
Toda clan - descended from Fujiwara Hokke.
Toki clan - descended from Seiwa Genji.
Tokugawa clan - descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu from Matsudaira clan; famous for Tokugawa Shogunate.
Okinawa:
Eiso Dynasty - first dynasty of Okinawa.
Haniji Dynasty - kings of Hokuzan.
Minshi Kameya family - descended from Shō Tokuō, 7th king of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Ōzato Dynasty - kings of Nanzan.
Satto Dynasty - kings of Chūzan.
1st Shō Dynasty - kings of Ryukyu Kingdom.
2nd Shō Dynasty - kings of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Shunten Dynasty - legendary dynasty.
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