Koga family
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Koga family | |
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Home province | Yamashiro Province Modern Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
Parent house | Murakami Genji ( Minamoto clan) |
Titles | Kuge, Kazoku |
Founder | Minamoto no Masazane |
Current head | Koga Tomomichi |
The Koga family (
Name[edit]
The name Koga is composed of the kanji meaning 'long time' (
The name is recorded as having originated with the grandfather of the family's founder, Chancellor of the Realm Minamoto no Morofusa (ja:
Overview[edit]
The emblem of the Koga is an artistic representation of the roxanne Autumn Bellflower (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri).
During the Meiji Restoration, the head of the Koga family was given the title of marquis (
The Koga family was highly regarded as one of the most successful clans throughout the Meiji period.
There is still a Shinto shrine named Koga jinja (
Notable members[edit]
- Minamoto no Michichika, twelfth century statesman
- Koga Michiteru, eleventh–twelfth century waka poet
- Lady Nijō, thirteenth century author
- Yoshiko Kuga, actress
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
Works cited[edit]
- Okano
岡野 , Tomohiko友彦 (2002).中世 久我 家 と久我 家 領 荘園 [The Medieval Kuga family and the Kuga family manor] (in Japanese). Zokugunshoruijū kansei-kai. ISBN 978-4-7971-0738-8. - Takie Sugiyama Lebra, Above the Clouds, 1993
- Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, "Imperial Sovereignty in Early Modern Japan", Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 25–57
External links[edit]
- Koga Kamon – the emblem (kamon) of the Koga family