What Japanese Clans Still Exist
However samurai clans still exist to this day and there are about 5 of them in Japan.
What japanese clans still exist. Japans last ninja. The Daimyo or former great lords of the different clan fiefs were still around though. 21 cadet branches of Imperial House of Japan.
Do clans still exist in Japan. Minamoto clan 源氏 also known as Genji. One of which is the Imperial Clan the ruling family of Japan and is headed by Emperor Naruhito since his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne in 2019.
Do Japanese clans still exist. One of which is the Imperial Clan the ruling family of Japan and is headed by Emperor Naruhito since his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne in 2019. However on certain occasions they fought against each other.
I was wondering because their have been so many events in Japanese history that could erase these clans and their descendants such as the Meiji Restoration and even World War Two. Are their any clans that still exist so to speak. Do the descendants of the major Japanese clans Tokugawa Oda etc still have influence or command respect.
Many clans had branch families which may have changed their surnames but are still considered part of the main family. However samurai clans still exist to this day and there are about 5 of them in Japan. Gempeitōkitsu 源平藤橘 4 noble clans of Japan.
The second is the Shimazu Clan which was the daimyo of the Satsuma han and a branch of the Minamoto Clan. Japans era of shoguns and samurai is long over but the country does have one or maybe two surviving ninjas. During the war of Tensho-Iga 1581 the ninja clans were devastated by the samurai The forces of Oda Nobunaga.