Kujō
The Kujō family ( Japanese 九 条 家 , Kujō-ke ) was a Japanese noble family and a branch of the influential Fujiwara family , who descended from the Kujō Kanezane . They were counted as one of the Sekke , the five regent houses, and therefore belonged to the politically most influential families under the court nobility Kuge .
The Kujō-Klan monopolized the offices of Sesshō and Kampaku as a member of the Sekke from the 12th century to 1867 together with the families Konoe , Takatsukasa , Nijō and Ichijō (the latter two themselves branches of the Kujō) . With the exception of Tokugawa Masako , the wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo , all empresses came from the families of the Sekke or the imperial family itself during this long period.
The clan was founded by Fujiwara no Kanezane on the recommendation of Minamoto no Yoritomo and descends from the Fujiwara branch Kujō-ryū founded by Fujiwara no Morosuke . The 4th and 5th Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate , Kujō Yoritsune and Kujō Yoritsugu , came from this family.
The Kujō supported the Kitano shrine . In 1219, Kujō Michiie donated the Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki scroll , an illustrated story of the shrine, to the shrine.
After the Meiji Restoration , members of the Kujō clan were given the Kazoku title of duke.
