Koga family

Koga family

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The Koga family (久我家 Koga-ke) is a branch of the Minamoto clan (descending from Emperor Murakami). The Koga family was one of the kuge (court nobility) families of Japan, achieving the rank of seigake. During the Meiji Restoration, the head of the Koga family was given the title of marquis (侯爵 kōshaku) as part of the kazoku, the hereditary peerage that combined the kuge and the daimyo. One of the responsibilities of the Koga family was to be the protectors of the courtesan guild at court (Sansom: page 362).

The Kamon of the Koga is an artistic representation of the roxanne Autumn Bellflower (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri). Famous Japanese actress Yoshiko Kuga (born as Haruko Koga) was disowned by her grandfather for her career choice, but she was eventually accepted back into the family.

The kanji characters of the name have the meanings: (long time) (I). "Koga" is the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) of the kanji while "hisashī ware" would be the kun'yomi (native Japanese reading). But actually 久我 is the ateji (当て字; phonetic-equivalent characters) for (koga; an obsolete word for "land"). The family name has its origin that Minamoto no Masazane (), who was later considered as the originator of the Koga family, had a villa in Koga (today it belongs to Fushimi district, Kyoto City), and was called Koga-Daijō-Daijin. (Daijō-Daijin () means a kind of minister.) There is still a Shinto shrine named Koga jinja (久我神社) in Fushimi district, Kyoto City. The present master, Tomomichi Koga (久我誠通), is the owner of an art salon in Tokyo.

There is also a surname Kuga(久我), but this is popular among the common people.

Reliable Sources

*岡野友彦: 中世久我家と久我家領荘園チュウセイ コガケ コガケリョウ ショウエン続群書類従完成会, 2002, 博士論文, ISBN 4-7971-0738-3 [Tomohiko Okano, The Medieval Koga Family And Their Manor, Zoku Gunsho Ruijū Kanseikai, 2002 (doctoral dissertation)]
* [http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/mylimedio/search/book.do?target=local&bibid=914717 中世の貴族 : 特別展観 : 重要文化財久我家文書修復完成記念 (チュウセイ キゾク : トクベツ テンカン : ジュウヨウ ブンカザイ コガケ モンジョ シュウフク カンセイ キネン 國學院大學久我家文書特別展示開催実行委員会編 東京 : 國學院大學, 1996]
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*久我通誠こが・みちとも):通誠公記今江廣道,小沼修一校訂) [Michitomo Koga, The Diary Of Michitomo]
*久我通兄こが・みちえ):通兄公記今江廣道,平井誠二校訂) [Michie Koga, The Diary Of Michie]
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*朝日新聞社編日本歴史人物事典』(朝日新聞社1994p.654
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*霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会編纂平成新修 旧華族家系大成上巻霞会館発行吉川弘文館発売1996p.588

External links

* [http://www.harimaya.com/o_kamon1/kuge/kuga.jpgKoga Kamon] The Kamon of the Koga family.
* [http://www.geocities.jp/okugesan_com/seigake.html The history and the family tree of the Koga family (in Japanese)]


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