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| | Five regent houses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Sekke, the Five regent houses (五摂家; go-seike or go-sekke) is a collective term for those five families of Fujiwara clan, who were regarded entitled to the position of Sekkan in Imperial Court of Kyoto, Japan, and monopolized the position between 12th and 19th century. |
 | | The five houses (or families) are Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujo, Ichijo (一条家; -ke) and Nijo (二条家; -ke). |
 | | Thus, with the exception of Tokugawa Masako, wife of the Emperor Mizunoo, all Empresses of that long period were of the clans that formed the Sekke or from branches of the imperial family itself. |
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