Kamo clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kamo.

The Kamo clan (賀茂氏, Kamo-shi) is a Japanese shake clan^[1] which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in northeastern Kyoto.^[2] The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century founding of the Kamo Shrine.^[3]

Kamo clan 賀茂氏
Mon of the Kamo clan
Home province	Yamashiro
Founder	Kamo no Okimi
Founding year	7th century
Cadet branches	Miwa clan (possibly only in legend), Kadenokōji family [ja]

Kamo Shrine

The Kamo Shrine's name references the area's early inhabitants, many of whom continue to live near the shrine their ancestors traditionally served.^[4] The formal names of corollary jinja memorialize vital clan roots in a history which pre-dates the founding of Japan's ancient capital.^[5]

The Kamo Shrine encompasses what are now independent but traditionally associated jinja or shrines—the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社, Kamo-wakeikazuchi jinja) in Kyoto's Kita Ward and the Kamo-mioya Shrine (賀茂御祖神社, Kamo-mioya jinja) in Sakyo Ward. The jinja names identify the various kami or deities who are venerated; the name also refers to the nearby woods.^[6]

A wild vista unfolds at Tadasu no Mori.

Although now incorporated within boundaries of the city, the location was once Tadasu no Mori (糺の森),^[7] the wild forest home of the exclusive caretakers of the shrine from prehistoric times.^[8]

Notable clan members

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• Kamo no Chōmei (1155–1216)
• Kamo no Mabuchi (1697–1769)

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu did not use the surname Tokugawa before 1566, his appointment as shōgun was contingent on his claim to Matsudaira kinship and a link to the Seiwa Genji. Modern scholarship has revealed that the genealogy proffered to the emperor contained falsified information; however, since the Matsudaira used the same crest as the Kamo clan,^[9] some^[who?] academics suggest that he was likely a descendant of the Kamo clan."^[10]

Genealogy

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Ōyamatsumi[11][12][13]

Susanoo[14][15][16]: 277

Kamuo Ichihime[12][13][17][18]

Konohanachiru-hime[19][16]: 277

Ashinazuchi[20][21]

Tenazuchi[21]

Toshigami[18][17]

Ukanomitama[12][13] (Inari)[22]

Oyamakui[23]

Kushinadahime[21][24][16]: 277

Yashimajinumi[19][16]: 277

Kagutsuchi[25]

Kuraokami[26]

Hikawahime [ja][27][16]: 278

Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][16]: 278

Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja][16]: 278

Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja][16]: 278

Funozuno [ja][16]: 278

Sashikuni Okami [ja][16]: 278

Omizunu[16]: 278

Futemimi [ja][16]: 278

Sashikuni Wakahime [ja][16]: 278

Ame-no-Fuyukinu[28][29][16]: 278

Takamimusubi[30][31]

Futodama[30][31]

Nunakawahime[32]

Ōkuninushi[33][16]: 278  (Ōnamuchi)[34]

Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[35]

Kotoshironushi[36][37]

Tamakushi-hime[35]

Takeminakata[38][39]

Susa Clan[40]

JAPANESE EMPERORS

711–585 BC Jimmu[41] 660–585 BC(1)

Himetataraisuzu-hime[41]

Kamo no Okimi[36][42]

Mirahime [ja]

632–549 BC Suizei[43][44][45] 581–549 BC(2)

Isuzuyori-hime[42][46]

Hikoyai[43][44][45]

Kamuyaimimi[43][44][45] d.577 BC

Miwa clan and Kamo clan

Nunasokonakatsu-hime[47][36]

Imperial House of Japan

Ō clan[48][49] and Aso clan[50]

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