Koga family
noble family
The Koga family (久我家, Koga-ke) is a Japanese aristocratic family, a branch of the Minamoto clan that traces its descent from Emperor Murakami. The Koga lineage was classified as kuge prior to the Meiji Restoration, then as a kazoku lineage.
Name
The name Koga is composed of the kanji meaning 'long time' (久) and 'I/self' (我). 'Koga' is the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) of the kanji. But actually 久我 is the ateji (当て字; phonetic-equivalent cv characters) for 陸 (koga; an obsolete word for land).
The name is recorded as having originated with the grandfather of the family's founder, Chancellor of the Realm Minamoto no Morofusa (ja:源師房), who owned a manor in the south-western suburbs of Kyoto at Koga (modern Fushimi-ku). As a result, he was referred to as the Koga-Chancellor. After the family's apparent founding, however, neither Minamoto no Masazane's (ja:源雅実) son nor his great-grandson were referred to by the name Koga. Strictly speaking, therefore, the 'Koga family' refers to the lineage descended from Minamoto no Masazane's great-great-grandson, Koga Michiteru, whereas those before should be considered as members of the Nakanoin section of the Murakami Genji branch of the Minamoto clan.
Overview
The emblem of the Koga is an artistic representation of the roxanne Autumn Bellflower (Gentiana scabra var.
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