Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context

According ancestor worship ancestral deities Ashikaga became branch called century changed clan clannames daimyō dates unknown daughter descendants district documents Emperor Kanmu emperors example family names father Fudoki Fujiwara gave genealogies given Gunsho Ruijū Heian period heir Hideyoshi Hōjō identified identity Ieyasu imperial inheritance Ise province Izumo Japan Japanese Kamakura period Keizu Kodai Kojiki Kokushi Koten Bungaku Taikei Kumano Kyōto land later leaders leadership listed main family manor Matsudaira Meiji government middle names Mikawa Minamoto Miura Mononobe Musashi myōji Namae Nihon Koten Bungaku Nihon Shoki Norito official patrilineal peasants personal names place names political positions prefecture priests registered Rekishi ritsuryo ritual Sagami province samurai Shinsen Shōji Roku Shintei Zōho-)Kokushi Taikei Shizoku shōgun Shoku Nihongi shrine social Soga Sonpi Bunmyaku surnames Suzuki taboo name Taika reform Taira temple territory Tokugawa Ieyasu Tōkyō toponymical Toyotomi traditional vassals village warrior women Yamato Yoritomo