Kamo clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kamo.

Kamo Clan Information.

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 clan (賀茂氏, Kamo-shi) is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group^[1] which traces its roots The Kamo Clan Is from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of 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 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; 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; and the name also refers to the ambit of shrine's 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 Ieyasu Tokugawa never used 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 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]

• Pink is female.
• Blue is male.
• Grey means other or unknown.
• Clans, families, people groups are in green.

Notes

1. Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, p. 86.
2. Shimogamo-jinja web site: history.
3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2002). Japan Encyclopedia, p. 586.
4. Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan, pp. 92-99.
5. Miyazaki, Makoto. "Lens on Japan: Defending Heiankyo from Demons," Daily Yomiuri. December 20, 2005.
6. Kamigamo-jinja web site: about the shrine Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
7. Terry, Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire, p. 479.
8. Nelson, p. pp. 67-69.
9. Nussbaum, Japan Encyclopedia, p. 34.
10. Plutschow, Herbert. (1995). Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context, p. 158.
11. Kaoru, Nakayama (7 May 2005). "Ōyamatsumi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
12. Chamberlain (1882). Section XIX.—The Palace of Suga.
13. Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-of-the-Great-Land.
14. Atsushi, Kadoya (10 May 2005). "Susanoo". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
15. "Susanoo | Description & Mythology". Encyclopedia Britannica.
16. Herbert, J. (2010). Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan. Routledge Library Editions: Japan. Taylor & Francis. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-136-90376-2. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
17. 大年神 [Ōtoshi-no-kami] (in Japanese). Kotobank. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
18. 大年神 [Ōtoshi-no-kami] (in Japanese). Kokugakuin University. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
19. Mori, Mizue. "Yashimajinumi". Kokugakuin University Encyclopedia of Shinto.
20. Frédéric, L.; Louis-Frédéric; Roth, K. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
21. "My Shinto: Personal Descriptions of Japanese Religion and Culture". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
22. “‘My Own Inari’: Personalization of the Deity in Inari Worship.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 23, no. 1/2 (1996): 87-88
23. "Ōtoshi | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム". 2022-08-17. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
24. "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kushinadahime". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
25. "Kagutsuchi". World History Encyclopedia.
26. Ashkenazi, M. (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. Handbooks of world mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-57607-467-1. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
27. Chamberlain, B.H. (2012). Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters. Tuttle Classics. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0511-9. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
28. Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. p. 92.
29. Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land.
30. Ponsonby-Fane, R. A. B. (2014-06-03). Studies In Shinto & Shrines. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-89294-3.
31. "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Futodama". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
32. Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. pp. 104–112.
33. Atsushi, Kadoya; Tatsuya, Yumiyama (20 October 2005). "Ōkuninushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
34. Atsushi, Kadoya (21 April 2005). "Ōnamuchi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
35. The Emperor's Clans: The Way of the Descendants, Aogaki Publishing, 2018.
36. Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. Columbia University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780231049405.
37. Atsushi, Kadoya (28 April 2005). "Kotoshironushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
38. Sendai Kuji Hongi, Book 4 (先代舊事本紀 巻第四), in Keizai Zasshisha, ed. (1898). Kokushi-taikei, vol. 7 (国史大系 第7巻). Keizai Zasshisha. pp. 243–244.
39. Chamberlain (1882). Section XXIV.—The Wooing of the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears.
40. Tanigawa Ken'ichi [de] 『日本の神々 神社と聖地 7 山陰』（新装復刊） 2000年 白水社 ISBN 978-4-560-02507-9
41. Kazuhiko, Nishioka (26 April 2005). "Isukeyorihime". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
42. 『神話の中のヒメたち　もうひとつの古事記』p94-97「初代皇后は「神の御子」」
43. 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "日子八井命とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-01.
44. ANDASSOVA, Maral (2019). "Emperor Jinmu in the Kojiki". Japan Review (32): 5–16. ISSN 0915-0986. JSTOR 26652947.
45. "Visit Kusakabeyoshimi Shrine on your trip to Takamori-machi or Japan". trips.klarna.com. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
46. 『図説　歴代天皇紀』p42-43「綏靖天皇」
47. Anston, p. 143 (Vol. 1)
48. Grapard, Allan G. (2023-04-28). The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91036-2.
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50. Takano, Tomoaki; Uchimura, Hiroaki (2006). History and Festivals of the Aso Shrine. Aso Shrine, Ichinomiya, Aso City.: Aso Shrine.

References

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• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida, et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
• Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2259-0
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00770-3 (cloth) -- ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5 (paper)
• Plutschow, Herbert. (1995). Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-873410-42-4 (cloth)
• Terry, Thomas Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire: including Korea and Formosa, with chapters on Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian railway, and the chief ocean routes to Japan; a guidebook for travelers. New York: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 2832259