Fujiwara
Ancient Japanese dynasty
Fujiwara is a Japanese surname, historically associated with the powerful clan that dominated Japanese court politics from the 7th through 11th centuries.
The Fujiwara clan controlled the imperial government through intermarriage with the royal family and regent positions.
Today it remains a common Japanese family name: Fujiwara-san will see you now.
Japan's former imperial seat
- courtierRoyal household attendant
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- wakaMāori boat or verse form
calligraphy · kana · tanka · gagaku · byobu · kimonos · sakura · incense
Substitute monarch's authority
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
ancestry · heritage · descendants · intermarriage · matrilineal · power · dominance
Power to affect others
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- allianceFormal union of parties
- regentsGoverning body members
nepotism · scheming · statecraft · hegemony · faction · clout · authority · bureaucracy
Of or from Nippon
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
- modernOf recent times
- genealogyStudy of family descent
descendants · nomenclature · inherited · kanji · wisteria · field · etymology
Kyoto
Japan's former imperial seat
- courtierRoyal household attendant
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
waka · calligraphy · kana · tanka · gagaku · byobu · kimonos · sakura · incense · poetry contests
regency
Substitute monarch's authority
bloodline · ancestry · heritage · descendants · intermarriage · matrilineal · power · dominance
influence
Power to affect others
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- allianceFormal union of parties
regents · nepotism · scheming · statecraft · hegemony · faction · clout · authority · bureaucracy · appointments
Japanese
Of or from Nippon
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
- modernOf recent times
genealogy · descendants · nomenclature · inherited · kanji · wisteria · field · etymology
Fujiwarasamurai
Feudal Japanese military caste
warrior class · Tokugawa · shogunate · military government · daimyo