| Tokudaiji family 徳大寺家 | |
|---|---|
 Mon: Mokkō-karahanafusenryō | |
| Home province | Yamashiro Province |
| Parent house | Fujiwara clan |
| Titles | |
| Founder | Tokudaiji Saneyoshi |
| Founding year | 12th century |
| Dissolution | still extant |
| Ruled until | 1947 |
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The Tokudaiji family (徳大寺家, Tokudaiji-ke) is a Japanese aristocratic family descending from the Fujiwara clan. It is a sister house of the Sanjō family and the Saionji family. Its kuge family rank was seiga, the highest rank. After the Meiji Restoration, the family was appointed Marquess, and later, Duke.[1] The family had a long tradition of playing the bamboo flute.
- ^ Otabe, Yūji; 小田部雄次 (2006). Kazoku : kindai Nihon kizoku no kyozō to jitsuzō (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: Chūō Kōron Shinsha. p. 57. ISBN 4-12-101836-2. OCLC 65474403.