Takatsukasa family

Takatsukasa family
鷹司家
Mon: Takatsukasa Botan
Parent houseKonoe family (Fujiwara clan)
TitlesVarious
FounderTakatsukasa Kanehira
Founding year13th century
Dissolutionstill extant
Cadet branches
  • Yoshii family

Takatsukasa family (鷹司家, Takatsukasa-ke) is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.[1] The Takatsukasa was a branch of the Fujiwara clan[2] and one of the Five regent houses, from which Sesshō and Kampaku could be chosen.[1]

The family crest of Takatsukasa is peony.[3]

  1. ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Nijō," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 58; retrieved 2013-8-13.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Takatsukasa-ke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 937.
  3. ^ Amimoto, Mitsuyoshi (10 July 2014). カラー版 イチから知りたい! 家紋と名字. 西東社 (SEITOSHA). pp. 12–13. ISBN 9784791623075.