Hiki clan, the Glossary
The Hiki clan (比企氏, Hiki-shi) was a Japanese samurai family descending from the Fujiwara clan.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: Affinity (medieval), Daikan, Etchū Province, Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara Hok-ke, Fujiwara no Hidesato, Fujiwara no Kamatari, Genpei War, Hōjō clan, Hōjō Masako, Hōjō Tokimasa, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Hiki District, Saitama, Hiki Yoshikazu, Hokurikudō, Izu Province, Jōkyū War, Kamakura, Kamakura period, Kamakura shogunate, Kuge, Kyoto, Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Ichiman, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Minamoto no Yoriie, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Musashi Province, Myōhon-ji, Nichiren, Nitta Tadatsune, Regent, Saitama Prefecture, Samurai, Shogun, Shugo, Wada Yoshimori, Wet nurse.
Affinity (medieval)
In post-classical history, an affinity was a collective name for the group (retinue) of (usually) men whom a lord gathered around himself in his service; it has been described by one modern historian as "the servants, retainers, and other followers of a lord", and as "part of the normal fabric of society".
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Daikan
Daikan (代官) was an official in ancient Japan that acted on behalf of a ruling monarch or a lord at the post they had been appointed to.
Etchū Province
was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
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Fujiwara clan
The was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane.
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Fujiwara Hok-ke
The was cadet branch of the Fujiwara clan of Japan.
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Fujiwara no Hidesato
was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier, folk hero and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period.
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Fujiwara no Kamatari
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原 鎌足, 614 – November 14, 669), also known as, was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Ōe (later Emperor Tenji), carried out the Taika Reform.
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Genpei War
The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan.
Hōjō clan
The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333.
Hōjō Masako
was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period, which was reflected by her contemporary sobriquet of the "nun shogun".
Hōjō Tokimasa
was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan.
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Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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Hiki District, Saitama
is a district in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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Hiki Yoshikazu
was a Japanese samurai lord and a powerful gokenin of the Kamakura Shogunate during the Kamakura period.
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Hokurikudō
is a Japanese geographical term.
Izu Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Shizuoka Prefecture.
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Jōkyū War
, also known as the Jōkyū Disturbance or the Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthrow.
Kamakura
officially is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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Kamakura shogunate
The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.
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Kuge
The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto.
Kyoto
Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
Minamoto clan
was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility since 814.
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Minamoto no Ichiman
was the eldest son of the 2nd Kamakura shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie.
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Minamoto no Sanetomo
was the third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate.
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Minamoto no Yoriie
was the second shōgun (1202–1203) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first son of first shōgun Yoritomo.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo
was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate and of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan.
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Musashi Province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Myōhon-ji
is one of the oldest Nichiren sect temples in Kamakura, Kanagawa.
Nichiren
Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period.
Nitta Tadatsune
Nitta Tadatsune (仁田 忠常, 1167 – October 12, 1203) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period.
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Regent
In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.
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Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
Shogun
Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
Shugo
, commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan.
Wada Yoshimori
was a Japanese samurai lord and gokenin of the early Kamakura period.
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Wet nurse
A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child.