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The ''Gosekke'', or "Five [[Sessho|Regent]] Houses," were the top five families of ''[[kuge]]'' (court nobility). All traced their descent from the [[Fujiwara clan]].
The ''Gosekke'', or "Five [[Sessho|Regent]] Houses," were the top five families of ''[[kuge]]'' (court nobility). All traced their descent from the [[Fujiwara clan]].
−The five families were the [[Konoe family|Konoe]], [[Ichijo family|Ichijô]], [[Nijo family|Nijô]], [[Kujo family|Kujô]], and [[Takatsukasa family|Takatsukasa]].
+The five families were the [[Konoe family|Konoe]], [[Ichijo family|Ichijô]], [[Nijo family|Nijô]], [[Kujo family|Kujô]], and [[Takatsukasa family|Takatsukasa]]. In the [[Edo period]], if not earlier, certain high-ranking positions such as ''[[kanpaku]]'' rotated regularly between the five families.<ref>Segawa Seigle, 14.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 6.
*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 6.
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[[Category:Nobility]]
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[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology]]