Nakayama (family)

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Coat of arms of the Nakayama
( swamp iris )

The Nakayama ( Japanese 中山 家 , Nakayama-ke ) were a family of the Japanese court nobility ( Kuge ) , which was derived from Fujiwara no Ietada (1062–1136), a branch of the Kazan'in family (花山 院 家).

genealogy

  • Tadachika (忠 親; 1131–1195), Ietada's grandson, and son of Tadamune (忠 宗), was a high nobleman (公卿, kugyō) at the end of the Heian period and the beginning of the Kamakura period . At first he was the Imperial Chief Secretary (蔵 人頭, kurōdo no tō), at the age of 34 he became an advisor (参議, sangi) and, at 61, finally “Minister of the Middle” (内 大臣; naidaijin ). In his diary “Sankaiki” (山 槐 記) he noted the turbulent events of this turning point. The "Kirei mondō" (貴 嶺 問答), "Imakagami" (今 鏡) and the "Mizu-kagami" (水鏡), a history of Japan from the legendary first Emperor Jimmu to Emperor Nimmyō , who died in 850 attributed.

In the Edo period , the Bakufu family received an area with an income of 200 koku .

  • Tadayasu (忠 能; 1809–1888) rose to Go-Dainagon (御 大 納 言) in 1847. He was an advocate for the restoration of imperial rights and a paternal friend of Emperor Meiji . After the Meiji Restoration , he became Gigyō (議定), Hobitsu (輔弼), Jingikan-Chiji (神祇 官 知事), Jingihaku (神祇 伯) and took on other functions. Nakayama Yoshiko , a daughter of Tadayasu, was a concubine of the emperor Kōmei .
    • Tadamitsu (忠 光; 1845–1864), Tadayasu's seventh son, also participated in the Sonnō jōi movement. In 1863 he was involved in an uprising against the shogunate, had to flee and was murdered on the way to Nagato Province the following year .

After the Meiji Restoration , the head of the family carried the title of prince.

  • Sukechika (輔 親; 1894-1980), a great-grandson of Tadayasu, took over as an economist in the government during the Shōwa time , was a member of the upper house of parliament.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Jingikan and Jingihaku were high positions in the imperial oversight of the shrines .

literature

  • Suzuki, Toshihiko (Ed.): Nakayama-ke . In: NIhon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han), Shogakukan, 1996.
  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 . <<