[1] This list is based on the lineage of the family (the clan from which the family derives, such as the Minamoto, Fujiwara, or Taira) and the kakaku (家格 [ja], rank).
The kuge along with the daimyō made up the nobility (kazoku) of post-Meiji Restoration Japan.
The kazoku was abolished shortly after World War II.
Originally, the Fujiwara four families (藤原四家) were branches established by the four sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito:[2] Nanke, Hokke, Shikike, and Kyōke.
[3] Hokke later became the most successful out of the four families, and there are five main branches from Hokke, known as the Sekke,[4] otherwise known as Five regent houses: And other cadet branches of Fujiwara, becoming one of Kuge, include: