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A single progenitor was determined for each samurai house, and they were all categorized as descending from either the [[Seiwa Genji]], [[Taira clan]], [[Fujiwara clan]], or miscellaneous (other), with special attention paid as well to descent from members of the Imperial family, and major courtier (''[[kuge]]'') families. Descendants of other [[Minamoto clan]] (Genji) lineages, including the [[Saga Genji]], [[Uda Genji]], and [[Montoku Genji]], descended from emperors other than [[Emperor Seiwa]], were placed in the miscellaneous category in order to better emphasize the importance of the [[Tokugawa clan]], which traced its lineage across 26 generations directly back to Emperor Seiwa.

A single progenitor was determined for each samurai house, and they were all categorized as descending from either the [[Seiwa Genji]], [[Taira clan]], [[Fujiwara clan]], or miscellaneous (other), with special attention paid as well to descent from members of the Imperial family, and major courtier (''[[kuge]]'') families. Descendants of other [[Minamoto clan]] (Genji) lineages, including the [[Saga Genji]], [[Uda Genji]], and [[Montoku Genji]], descended from emperors other than [[Emperor Seiwa]], were placed in the miscellaneous category in order to better emphasize the importance of the [[Tokugawa clan]], which traced its lineage across 26 generations directly back to Emperor Seiwa.

All of the genealogies end with the generation contemporary to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], with the statement "And then [so-and-so] entered the service of Daigongen [i.e. Ieyasu]." Important as this text is for us today as historians as a record of the lineages of the various families<ref>Though, we must keep in mind the alterations made to cover over disjunctions, and also to legitimize certain families, especially the Tokugawa, whose claim of direct descent from the Minamoto is somewhat shaky.</ref>, at the time one of its most important functions was as a tool for promoting the discourse of Tokugawa supremacy and shogunate legitimacy.

All of the genealogies end with the generation contemporary to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], with the statement "And then [so-and-so] entered the service of Daigongen [i.e. Ieyasu]." Important as this text is for us today as historians as a record of the lineages of the various families<ref>Though, we must keep in mind the alterations made to cover over disjunctions, and also to legitimize certain families, especially the Tokugawa, whose claim of direct descent from the Minamoto is somewhat shaky.</ref>, at the time one of its most important functions was as a tool for promoting the discourse of Tokugawa supremacy and shogunate legitimacy. Following its completion, the text was presented as an offering to Tôshô Daigongen (i.e. the deified spirit of Ieyasu) in a ceremony held at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 160.</ref>

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