五ご摂せっ家け

noun

the five regent houses; five Fujiwara families serving as imperial regents

Historical term referring to the five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) that monopolized the positions of sesshō and kanpaku from the Kamakura period onward. Used in discussions of Japanese court history.

See also: 摂関

• 五ご摂せっ家けは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい以い降こう、摂せっ政しょう・関かん白ぱくを輩はい出しゅつした。

  The five regent houses produced sesshō and kanpaku from the Kamakura period onward.

• 近この衛え家けは五ご摂せっ家けの筆ひっ頭とうとされる。

  The Konoe family is considered the head of the five regent houses.