Imperial Princes VII

[Emperor Seiwa] Thirteen Sons

¶Emperor Seiwa had fourteen sons. The Fujiwara Empress bore Emperor Yōzei and the fourth son, Imperial Prince Sadayasu (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kōin Keizu. Upon consideration: the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu both make Sadayasu the fifth son, which is an error). The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Kasuko bore the seventh son, Imperial Prince Sadatoki (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku; that he was the seventh son follows the Kōin Shōunroku). A Kōi, Lady of the Bedchamber, of the Fujiwara clan bore the fifth son, Imperial Prince Sadahira (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). A Kōi of the Ariwara clan bore the eighth son, Imperial Prince Sadakazu (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). A Kōi of the Fujiwara clan bore the ninth son, Imperial Prince Sadazane. A Kōi of the Fujiwara clan bore the tenth son, Imperial Prince Sadayori. A Kōi of the Saeki clan bore Minamoto-no-Nagaakira and Minamoto-no-Nagayori (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku; that Sadazane was the ninth son and Sadayori the tenth follows the Kōin Shōunroku). A court woman of the Tachibana clan bore the second son, Imperial Prince Sadakata. A woman of the Fujiwara clan bore the third son, Imperial Prince Sadamoto. A woman of the Ō clan bore the sixth son, Imperial Prince Sadazumi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu). A woman of the Kamo clan bore Minamoto-no-Nagamichi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kōin Keizu). A woman of the Ōno clan bore Minamoto-no-Nagafuchi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kōin Shōunroku).

Imperial Prince Sadakata

¶In the fifteenth year of Jōgan (873), Imperial Prince Sadakata was made an Imperial Prince together with his younger brothers Sadamoto, Sadayasu, Sadahira, and Sadazumi. In the eighth year of Gangyō (884) he was granted Fourth Rank and made Hitachi-no-Taishu, Governor-Prince of Hitachi. In the second year of Ninna (886), when the emperor (Emperor Kōkō) went hunting at Kitano and appeared at the Bairetsu, the riding ground, of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards to watch the training of horses, Sadakata attended him. The Dajō-daijin, Chancellor, Fujiwara-no-Mototsune, submitted a memorial: "At a hunting excursion there ought to be martial preparedness. I beg that the Imperial Prince be permitted to wear a sword." The emperor gladly agreed (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Soon he was advanced to Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku) and became Dazai-no-sotsu, Governor-General of Dazaifu, and Danjō-no-in, Chief of the Board of Censors (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the fifth month of the eighth year of Enchō (930) he died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). His son Kunifuchi was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason, served successively as Nakatsukasa-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of Central Affairs, and Kunai-kyō, Minister of the Imperial Household, and rose to Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Imperial Prince Sadamoto

¶In the third year of Ninna (887), Imperial Prince Sadamoto was granted Fourth Rank and made Kōzuke-no-Taishu, Governor-Prince of Kōzuke (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the eleventh month of the ninth year of Engi (909) he died. He was called the Kan'in Imperial Prince (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). His sons Kanetada and Kanenobu were both granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). Kanetada rose to Senior Fourth Rank Lower, was appointed Sangi, Councillor, and concurrently served as Jibu-kyō, Minister of Civil Administration (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). Kanenobu was Jijū, Chamberlain, and Mikawa-no-kami, Governor of Mikawa (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Imperial Prince Sadayasu

¶In the sixth year of Gangyō (882), Imperial Prince Sadayasu came of age together with Emperor Yōzei and was granted Third Rank. Soon he became Kōzuke-no-Taishu and was appointed Nakatsukasa-kyō, Minister of Central Affairs (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Later he was advanced to Second Rank and transferred to Shikibu-kyō, Minister of Ceremonial. In the sixth month of the second year of Enchō (924) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki), at the age of fifty-five (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). He was called the Minami-no-miya, the Southern Palace (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Teiō Hennenki), and also the Katsura Imperial Prince (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki). He was especially accomplished in musical pitch and mode, wrote the Nanchikutan (Note: following the Taigenshō), and was called in the world the Kangen-sen, Immortal of Winds and Strings (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki). Sadayasu once visited his mountain villa on the Katsura River and was playing the Goshōraku by night, when under the lamplight a man in court dress appeared as if in a trance and said, "I am Ren Chengwu of the land of Tang. If you play the Kyū, the final movement, of the Goshōraku a hundred times, I shall surely come." Then he suddenly vanished (Note: following the Kokon Chomonjū). His sons Kunitada and Kunitaka were both granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason. Kunitada held Junior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku) and was Kura-no-kami, Director of the Imperial Storehouse Bureau (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku). Kunitaka held Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku) and was Kura-no-kami and Tōgū-no-daishin, Senior Secretary of the Crown Prince's Household (Note: the Kōin Shōunroku has Tōgū-daibu, Master of the Crown Prince's Household, but the Sonpi Bunmyaku is followed here. Upon consideration: the Shōunroku lists Kunitaka's younger brother Motofuchi, but he does not appear in any other work, so he is not adopted here).

Imperial Prince Sadahira

¶Imperial Prince Sadahira was granted Third Rank (Note: according to the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu, he was appointed Jingi-haku, Head of the Department of Divinities). In the third month of the thirteenth year of Engi (913) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Imperial Prince Sadazumi

¶Imperial Prince Sadazumi was granted Fourth Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Genji Keizu). He served successively as Hyōbu-kyō, Minister of Military Affairs, Nakatsukasa-kyō, and Kazusa and Hitachi Taishu, Governor-Prince of Kazusa and Hitachi (Note: following the Genji Keizu). In the fifth month of the sixteenth year of Engi (916) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku, the Genji Keizu, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. Upon consideration: the Ichidai Yōki says he died in the thirteenth year, which is an error. Again: the Nihon Kiryaku gives his age as thirty-two, the Keizu and the Bunmyaku give sixty-four, and one variant in the Bunmyaku gives forty-three. If we work backward for the moment from the statement of thirty-two, Sadazumi would have been born in the first year of Ninna, six years after Emperor Seiwa's death. By the statement of sixty-four, Sadazumi would already have been born when Emperor Seiwa was four years old. By the variant in the Bunmyaku, he would have been born in the sixteenth year of Jōgan, which does not agree with the statement that he became an Imperial Prince in the fifteenth year. None of these accounts can be followed. Again: Sadazumi's elder brother Sadayasu was born in the twelfth year of Jōgan and his younger brother Sadatoki in the sixteenth year, so on this reckoning Sadazumi was born after the twelfth year and before the sixteenth. The "three" in the figure forty-three in the variant of the Bunmyaku is probably a copyist's error, but as there is no other means of examining it, his age at death is not recorded). He was called the Momozono Imperial Prince (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu). His sons Tsunemoto and Tsunenari (Note: the Kōin Shōunroku writes Tsunenari as Tsunenushi) were both granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason. Tsunemoto has a separate biography. Tsunenari was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Echigo-no-kami, Governor of Echigo (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu).

Imperial Prince Sadatoki

¶In the seventeenth year of Jōgan (875), Imperial Prince Sadatoki was made an Imperial Prince (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was granted Fourth Rank (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Teiō Hennenki). In the fourth month of the seventh year of Enchō (929) he died, at the age of fifty-six (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Imperial Prince Sadakazu

¶In the eighteenth year of Jōgan (876), Imperial Prince Sadakazu was made an Imperial Prince (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was granted Fourth Rank (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu). In the third month of the sixth year of Gangyō (882), the emperor held a banquet in the Seiryōden to celebrate the long life of the Empress Dowager, and chose from among the children of those of Fifth Rank and above those of fine appearance to be taught dances. Sadakazu, then only eight years old, danced the Ryōō, and all who watched were moved to admiration. In the first month of the second year of Ninna (886), when Sadakazu danced the Sanju, it was fitting that he wear a sword and carry a hoko, a halberd, and so by imperial edict he was permitted to wear a sword (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the Engi period he died (Note: upon consideration: the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu all say he died in the sixth month of the tenth year, at the age of thirty-two or thirty-three. The Ichidai Yōki says he died in the fifth month of the sixteenth year, at the age of forty-two. If we reckon from the statement in the Sandai Jitsuroku that he was two years old in the eighteenth year of Jōgan, none of these agrees, so they are not adopted). His son Tameyoshi was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason and was Junior Fourth Rank Lower and Ōtoneri-no-kami, Director of the Bureau of Palace Attendants (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu).

Imperial Prince Sadazane

¶In the eighteenth year of Jōgan (876), Imperial Prince Sadazane was made an Imperial Prince together with his younger brother Sadayori (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was appointed Hyōbu-kyō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). Soon he was granted Third Rank and became Hitachi-no-Taishu (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). In the ninth month of the second year of Shōhei (932) he died (Note: following the Teishin-kō Ki, the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu. The Nihon Kiryaku says he died in the first year, which is an error). He was fifty-seven years old (Note: the Nihon Kiryaku has fifty-six. The present figure was reckoned from the statement in the Sandai Jitsuroku that Sadazane was one year old in the eighteenth year of Jōgan).

¶His sons Shigemoto, Shigehira, Shigekata, and Motoakira were all granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason. Shigemoto was of Junior Fifth Rank Lower and Tosa-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Tosa. Shigehira was Daizen-no-daibu, Master of the Palace Kitchens. Shigekata was Kaga-no-kami, Governor of Kaga (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu).

Imperial Prince Sadayori

¶Imperial Prince Sadayori was granted Fourth Rank. In the second month of the twenty-second year of Engi (922) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Genji Keizu). He was forty-seven years old (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku. Upon consideration: the Ichidai Yōki says he died in the third month of the twentieth year, which is an error).

Minamoto-no-Nagamichi

¶Minamoto-no-Nagamichi (Note: upon consideration: the Genji Keizu lists him below Nagafuchi, but the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kōin Shōunroku are followed here) was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason in the fifteenth year of Jōgan (873). In the third year of Gangyō (879) he was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Later he advanced to Junior Third Rank, and was Gyōbu-kyō, Minister of Justice (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki), and was appointed Ise-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Ise (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). In the ninth month of the eighteenth year of Engi (918) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). He was sixty-four years old (Note: reckoned from the statement in the Ichidai Yōki that he was fifty-two in the sixth year of Engi). He had sons Yoshitane, Yoshinari, and Yoshizane. Yoshitane was of Senior Fifth Rank Lower and Mimasaka-no-kami, Governor of Mimasaka. Yoshinari was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Awa-no-kami, Governor of Awa. Yoshizane was Mokunokami, Director of the Bureau of Carpentry (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Nagafuchi

¶Minamoto-no-Nagafuchi was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason in the fifteenth year of Jōgan together with his younger brother Nagaakira (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the seventh year of Gangyō (883) he was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Ruijū Kokushi). In the first year of Ninna (885) he became Musashi-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Musashi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Minamoto-no-Nagaakira

¶Minamoto-no-Nagaakira was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Nagayori

¶Minamoto-no-Nagayori was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason in the eighteenth year of Jōgan (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). He was granted Senior Fourth Rank Lower and served successively as Sahyōe-no-kami, Director of the Left Division of Palace Guards, and Nagato-no-kami, Governor of Nagato (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu; the Kōin Shōunroku has Uhyōe-no-kami, Director of the Right Division, and Nagato-no-gon-no-kami, and the Teiō Hennenki likewise writes "Left" as "Right"). His son Aritada was of Junior Fifth Rank Lower and Nagato-no-gon-no-kami (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu).

[Emperor Yōzei] Seven Sons

¶Emperor Yōzei had seven sons. The Kōkyū, palace lady, Princess Aneko bore the third son, Imperial Prince Motonaga, and the fourth son, Imperial Prince Mototoshi (Note: following the Genji Keizu, the Kōin Keizu, and the Teiō Hennenki). A court woman of the Fujiwara clan bore the first son, Imperial Prince Motoyoshi, and the second son, Imperial Prince Motohira. A woman of the Ki clan bore Minamoto-no-Kiyokage (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu). A woman of the Tomo clan bore Minamoto-no-Kiyoakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku). A woman of the Saeki clan bore Minamoto-no-Kiyotō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Keizu).

Imperial Prince Motoyoshi

¶Imperial Prince Motoyoshi was granted Third Rank and became Hyōbu-kyō (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Kōin Shōunroku). He was skilled at waka (Note: following the Konjaku Monogatari). In the seventh month of the sixth year of Tenkei (943) he died suddenly (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku; the expression "died suddenly" follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu). He was fifty-four years old (Note: following the Genji Keizu, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Teiō Hennenki). He had sons Prince Sukeki, Prince Sukitoki, Prince Sukeyori, Prince Sukekane, Sukenori, Sukehira, and Sukechika. Sukeki was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper. Sukitoki was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper and Nakatsukasa-no-taifu (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu). Sukeyori was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Genji Keizu, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Teiō Hennenki) and was Ōtoneri-no-kami and Yamashiro-no-kami, Governor of Yamashiro. Sukekane was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper (Note: the Genji Keizu has Junior Fifth Rank Lower). Sukenori, together with his younger brothers Sukehira and Sukechika, was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason. Sukenori was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. Upon consideration: the Genji Keizu has Junior Fourth Rank Lower) and Kunai-kyō. Sukehira was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku) and Nakatsukasa-no-taifu (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku; the Genji Keizu has Gyōbu-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of Justice).

Imperial Prince Motohira

¶Imperial Prince Motohira rose to Third Rank and served successively as Danjō-no-in and Shikibu-kyō (Note: following the Genji Keizu; Shikibu-kyō follows the Nihon Kiryaku). He was skilled at waka (Note: following the Gosen Wakashū). In the fifth month of the second year of Tentoku (958) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). His son Kanena (Note: upon consideration: the Sonpi Bunmyaku has Kanesuke, which is an error) was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason and was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Imperial Prince Motonaga

¶Imperial Prince Motonaga became Shikibu-kyō. Soon he was permitted to wear a sword and was granted Second Rank (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). In the first year of Shōhei (931) he became Dazai-no-sotsu (Note: following the Ribuō-ki). In the second year of Tenroku (971) he was permitted to ride in a renja, a hand-drawn carriage (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku), and became Hitachi-no-Taishu (Note: following the Kachō Yojō). In the ninth month of the first year of Jōgen (976) he died, at the age of seventy-six (Note: following the Genji Keizu). His son Kaneakira was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason, and was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper, Nakatsukasa-no-shōyū, Junior Assistant Minister of Central Affairs (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku), and Jijū (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Imperial Prince Mototoshi

¶Imperial Prince Mototoshi rose to Second Rank and served successively as Danjō-no-in (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Genji Keizu) and Shikibu-kyō (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu). In the sixth month of the first year of Kōhō (964) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu). His son Tadatoki was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason and was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. Upon consideration: the Genji Keizu has Junior Fifth Rank Lower) and Nakatsukasa-no-taifu (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. Upon consideration: the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku have Gon-no-taifu, Provisional Senior Assistant Minister).

Minamoto-no-Kiyokage

¶Minamoto-no-Kiyokage (Note: upon consideration: the Genji Keizu lists Kiyokage and Kiyoakira in that order, but the Ichidai Yōki makes Kiyokage the younger brother of Kiyoakira. The Kōin Shōunroku is followed here) was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason in the third year of Enchō (925) together with his younger brothers Kiyoakira and Kiyotō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu). In the Engi and Shōhei periods he was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper, served successively as Shinano-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Shinano, and was appointed Sangi, Councillor, concurrently serving as Ōkura-kyō, Minister of the Treasury, and Uemon-no-kami, Director of the Right Division of Gate Guards, and was granted Junior Third Rank in succession. In the second year of Tenkei (939) he was appointed Gon-no-chūnagon, Provisional Middle Counsellor, with the Uemon-no-kami post unchanged. In the fourth year (941) he became regular Chūnagon. In the first year of Tenryaku (947) he concurrently became Mutsu-Dewa Azechi, Inspector of Mutsu and Dewa. In the second year (948) he was advanced to Senior Third Rank and appointed Dainagon, Major Counsellor. In the seventh month of the fourth year (950) he died, at the age of sixty-seven (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin. Upon consideration: the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu both say he was sixty, which is probably an error). He had sons Kanetsugu, Bōkō, Kanetada, Kaneki, and Kanemoto. Kanetsugu, whose original name was Kanefusa, was of Junior Fifth Rank Lower and Kazusa-no-suke, Assistant Governor of Kazusa. Bōkō was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Suō-no-suke, Assistant Governor of Suō. Kanetada was Sangi of Junior Third Rank. Kaneki was Umaryō-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Director of the Bureau of Horses. Kanemoto was Saemon-no-suke, Assistant Commander of the Left Gate Guards (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Kiyoakira

¶Minamoto-no-Kiyoakira rose to Junior Third Rank and Gyōbu-kyō (Note: upon consideration: the Sonpi Bunmyaku has Senior Third Rank and the Ichidai Yōki has Senior Third Rank and Dainagon, both of which are errors). In the fourth month of the sixth year of Shōhei (936) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Genji Keizu). He had sons Kimisada, Kimisuke, and Kimimasa. Kimisada was of Junior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu). Kimisuke was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Ōkura-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of the Treasury (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku). Kimimasa was Dazai-no-shōni, Junior Vice-Governor of Dazaifu (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Kiyotō

¶Minamoto-no-Kiyotō rose to Junior Fourth Rank Upper and Gyōbu-kyō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Teiō Hennenki. Upon consideration: the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu give Junior Third Rank, which is an error). He had sons Kageaki and Aritada. Kageaki was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Suō-no-suke. Aritada was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Nagato-no-kami (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

[Emperor Kōkō] Seventeen Sons

¶Emperor Kōkō had eighteen sons. The Ō Empress bore Imperial Prince Koretada, Imperial Prince Koresada (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Teiō Hennenki), Emperor Uda (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), and Minamoto-no-Motonaga (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). A Kōi of the Sanuki clan bore Minamoto-no-Furuakira. A court woman of the Fuse clan bore Shimizu-no-Kiyozane (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kugyō Bunin). Minamoto-no-Kaneyoshi, Minamoto-no-Nazane, Minamoto-no-Atsuyuki, Minamoto-no-Moyoshi, Minamoto-no-Chikayoshi, Minamoto-no-Otsune, Minamoto-no-Koretsune, Minamoto-no-Sadatsune, Minamoto-no-Narikage, Minamoto-no-Kuninori, Minamoto-no-Kaoruzumi, Minamoto-no-Tomosada, and the monk Kūshō were all sons whose mothers' clans have not been handed down (Note: upon consideration: the entry for the twelfth year of Jōgan in the Sandai Jitsuroku records that the emperor's fourteen sons, beginning with Motonaga and ending with Koretada and Koresada, were all granted the surname Minamoto; in that entry Sadatsune stands tenth. The Kugyō Bunin likewise makes Sadatsune the tenth son, in agreement with this, so, taking it as a firm basis, the order has been set by this account alone. The entry for the eighth year of Gangyō in the Jitsuroku further lists, among the princes and princesses granted the surname, Koretada, Koresada, Kuninori, the personal name of Emperor Uda, Kaoruzumi, Tomosada, and Chiko, twenty-five persons in all, and records that their registry was fixed in the First Ward of the Left Capital. The monk Kūshō was also an imperial son, and likewise shared in the seasonal clothing and monthly stipends. Examining all this together, Emperor Uda stands sixteenth in order, and Kūshō, being a monk, is listed last. Whether Kūshō was an elder brother of the emperor is still unclear, but the Jitsuroku explicitly records him as the seventh son; above the "seven" a character "ten" has probably dropped out).

Imperial Prince Koretada

¶In the twelfth year of Jōgan (870), at the wish of the emperor (Emperor Kōkō), Imperial Prince Koretada was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason together with fourteen others: Prince Motonaga, Prince Kaneyoshi, Prince Nazane, Prince Atsuyuki, Prince Moyoshi, Prince Chikayoshi, Prince Otsune, Prince Koretsune, Prince Furuakira, Prince Sadatsune, Prince Narikage, Prince Kiyozane, and Prince Koresada (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the first year of Gangyō (877) he became Jijū. In the seventh year (883) he was granted the post of Saemon-no-suke (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). When the emperor (Emperor Kōkō) ascended the throne, he granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason to his sons Kuninori, Kaoruzumi, Tomosada, and others. Koretada and his younger brother Koresada shared in this as well, and both had their registry fixed in the First Ward of the Left Capital (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku. Upon consideration: Koretada and Koresada had already been granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason in the twelfth year of Jōgan, and that they were granted it afresh at this point was probably because the nobility of their mother's clan gave them special favor beyond the ordinary, and they were made Minamoto of the present reign). Koretada became the Dai-ichi Genji, First of the Minamoto, was soon appointed Sangi (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin), and was permitted to wear a sword. In the first year of Ninna (885) he concurrently became Ōmi-no-kami, Governor of Ōmi. In the third year (887) he concurrently became Mutsu-Dewa Azechi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), and was granted Junior Third Rank. In the second year of Kanpyō (890) he concurrently became Saemon-no-kami, Director of the Left Division of Gate Guards. In the third year (891) he was appointed Chūnagon and concurrently became Kebiishi-no-bettō, Chief of the Imperial Police. In the winter of that year he was made an Imperial Prince and granted Third Rank (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). Soon he became Shikibu-kyō and was advanced to First Rank. In the twentieth year of Engi (920) he shaved his head (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). In the eleventh month of the twenty-second year (922) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki. Upon consideration: the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu say the tenth month). He was called in the world the Nan'in Imperial Prince (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku) and also the Nangū, Southern Palace (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu).

¶His sons were Prince Shikijun, Prince Shikisen, Prince Okiga, Prince Tadamochi, Prince Imasuke, Prince Eiga, Kiyohira, Masaakira, Yawasu (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Muneyuki (Note: following the Yamato Monogatari, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Sakusha Burui). Shikijun was of Junior Fourth Rank Lower and Ōtoneri-no-kami. Shikisen was of Junior Fourth Rank Lower, Zusho-no-suke, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Books, and Ōtoneri-no-kami (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu). Okiga was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Chikuzen and Yamashiro-no-kami (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Tadamochi was of Senior Fifth Rank Lower and Naizen-no-kami, Director of the Palace Table Office (Note: upon consideration: the entry for the eighth year of Tenkei in the Nihon Kiryaku mentions Jingi-haku Tadamochi, who is probably the same person). Imasuke was of Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu), Naizen-no-kami and Shōnagon, Lesser Counsellor (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Eiga was of Fourth Rank (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu. Upon consideration: whether it was Senior or Junior, Upper or Lower, cannot be determined).

¶Kiyohira, Masaakira, Yawasu, Muneyuki, and the others were all granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu; Muneyuki follows the Yamato Monogatari). Kiyohira served successively as Udaiben, Senior Controller of the Right (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin), was appointed Sangi, and concurrently served as Dazai-no-daini, Senior Vice-Governor of Dazaifu (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Kugyō Bunin, and the Genji Keizu). Masaakira, whose original name was Nariakira (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu. Upon consideration: the Kugyō Bunin sometimes writes Nariakira as Narinobu), became Jijū and Sakonoe-no-chūjō, Middle Captain of the Left Palace Guards (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin), was appointed Sangi, and concurrently served as Danjō-no-daihitsu, Senior Assistant Chief of the Board of Censors (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu). Yawasu was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper and Sagami-no-kami, Governor of Sagami (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu). Muneyuki became Hyōbu-no-taifu and Ukyō-no-daibu, Master of the Right Capital Office, and was skilled at waka (Note: following the Yamato Monogatari and the Shūgaishō).

Imperial Prince Koresada

¶In the eighth year of Gangyō (884), Imperial Prince Koresada was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper. Soon he was appointed Harima-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Harima (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), and became Sakonoe-no-chūjō (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku). In the third year of Kanpyō (891) he was made an Imperial Prince (Note: the Ichidai Yōki says the fifth year, but the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku are followed here), was granted Third Rank (Note: the Ichidai Yōki makes this too the fifth year), and became Dazai-no-sotsu (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the seventh month of the third year of Engi (903) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Teiō Hennenki. Upon consideration: one variant in the Nihon Kiryaku says the first year of Enchō; which is correct is not known). His son Naomoto was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason, was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper, and became Tanba-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Tanba (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Chikayoshi

¶Minamoto-no-Chikayoshi became Shinano-no-gon-no-kami in the Jōgan period. In the eighth year of Gangyō (884), when Koretada and others were granted the surname and registered in the First Ward of the Left Capital, Chikayoshi was made head of their household, and soon he was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper. In the third year of Ninna (887) he was appointed Echizen-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Echizen (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), was transferred to Jibu-kyō, and advanced to Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu). In the seventh month of the eighteenth year of Engi (918) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). He had sons Morohisa and Munaumi. Morohisa was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper and Gyōbu-no-taifu. Munaumi was Saemon-no-suke, Kebiishi, and Tonomo-no-kami, Director of the Bureau of Palace Maintenance (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Minamoto-no-Sadatsune

¶Minamoto-no-Sadatsune, whose original name was Sadatsune (written with different characters) (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Ichidai Yōki. Upon consideration: the Rekidai Kōki calls him the Third of the Minamoto, which is an error), was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower in the seventh year of Gangyō (883) and later advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Upper. In the first year of Ninna (885) he became Mino-no-kami, Governor of Mino (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Kugyō Bunin). In the Kanpyō period he was transferred to Ukonoe-no-chūjō, Middle Captain of the Right Palace Guards, was appointed Sangi, and concurrently served as Ōkura-kyō. In the ninth year (897) he concurrently became Jijū and Uemon-no-kami (Note: upon consideration: the Rekidai Kōki has Saemon-no-kami), and became Kebiishi-no-bettō. In the third year of Shōtai (900) he was advanced in succession to Junior Third Rank. In the second year of Engi (902) he was appointed Chūnagon. In the sixth year (906) Senior Third Rank was added. In the eighth year (908) he was transferred to Dainagon and concurrently became Minbu-kyō, Minister of Popular Affairs. In the eighth month he died, at the age of fifty-three (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin. Upon consideration: the Rekidai Kōki and the Ichidai Yōki say fifty-two). His son Nakanobu was of Junior Fourth Rank Upper and Uemon-no-kami (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Minamoto-no-Kuninori

¶Minamoto-no-Kuninori was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower and became Ukyō-no-daibu. In the third year of Ninna (887) he became Iyo-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Iyo (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Later he advanced to Senior Fourth Rank Lower and was appointed Ōkura-kyō (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Genji Keizu, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the ninth month of the ninth year of Engi (909) he died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki. Upon consideration: the entry for the seventh year of Tenryaku in the Fusō Ryakki mentions Sakonoe-no-shōshō, Lesser Captain of the Left Palace Guards, Kuninori, who is probably the same person, but as there is no other clear proof it is not adopted). He had sons Kimitada, Kimimochi, and Kimihira (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

¶Kimitada served successively as Kurōdo, Chamberlain, and Ushōben, Junior Controller of the Right, in the Engi and Enchō periods. In the Shōhei period he concurrently became Yamashiro-no-kami and was transferred to Uchūben, Middle Controller of the Right. In the Tenkei period he was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: upon consideration: the Kōin Shōunroku has Senior Fourth Rank Lower) and became Ōmi-no-kami, concurrently serving as Udaiben, but resigned his post because of illness (Note: following the Kasen-den). In the tenth month of the second year of Tenryaku (948) he died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Kasen-den. Upon consideration: the Sonpi Bunmyaku says the ninth year of Tenryaku, and the Genji Keizu says the ninth year of Tenkei). He was sixty years old. He was called the Shigenoi-no-ben and was skilled at waka (Note: following the Kasen-den).

¶By nature Kimitada loved falconry, and each time he left court he would ride at full gallop as far as Nakayama to enjoy the hunt. He could distinguish the differing flavors of the birds of Kuze and of Katano, and when a certain man made a soup to test him, Kimitada named the birds without error. Someone slandered him to the emperor, saying, "Kimitada gives himself wholly to hawks and hunting dogs and makes amusement his business; he is not fit to wait upon Your Majesty." But the emperor said, "Kimitada has not neglected his public duties. What harm is there in his enjoying the hunt on his days of leisure?" and his favor grew ever greater (Note: following the Ōkagami).

¶In the Engi period, the lamp oil in the Jijūden dried up for no reason, and the emperor, finding it strange, thought it the work of some demon. Kimitada said, "Let me look into it," and went in secret to watch, and heard footsteps. Kimitada leapt out and kicked at it; something struck his foot and fled, and from then on the strange happenings ceased. The emperor praised him (Note: following the Konjaku Monogatari).

Minamoto-no-Motonaga

¶Minamoto-no-Motonaga (Note: the Genji Keizu makes Motonaga the Dai-ichi Genji, First of the Minamoto, which probably arose because he was in fact the emperor's eldest son. But Motonaga died before the emperor's accession, so he cannot have borne this title, and it is not adopted) was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper and became Shimotsuke-no-gon-no-kami, Provisional Governor of Shimotsuke (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Genji Keizu). In the seventh year of Gangyō (883) he died (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Minamoto-no-Kaneyoshi

¶Minamoto-no-Kaneyoshi was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower in the eleventh year of Jōgan (869). In the twelfth year he became Jijū. Later he advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Upper. In the fourth month of the third year of Gangyō (879) he died (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Minamoto-no-Nazane

¶Minamoto-no-Nazane was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). He died before the emperor (Emperor Kōkō) had ascended the throne (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Furuakira

¶Minamoto-no-Furuakira (Note: the Ichidai Yōki has Motoakira) was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower in the twelfth year of Jōgan. In the eighth year of Gangyō (884) he advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Upper. In the second year of Ninna (886) he became Bizen-no-kami, Governor of Bizen (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). He served successively as Sakyō-no-daibu, Master of the Left Capital Office, and Ōkura-kyō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu), and rose to Senior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Ichidai Yōki). He had sons Tokitada and Kiyomasa. Tokitada was a Kurōdo (Note: following the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Atsuyuki

¶Minamoto-no-Atsuyuki. (The source has nothing further.)

Minamoto-no-Moyoshi

¶Minamoto-no-Moyoshi. (The source has nothing further.)

Minamoto-no-Otsune

¶Minamoto-no-Otsune died, together with Atsuyuki and Moyoshi, before the emperor (Emperor Kōkō) had ascended the throne.

Minamoto-no-Koretsune

¶Minamoto-no-Koretsune (Note: the Ichidai Yōki has Koretsune written as Korenori) was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper and became Mino-no-gon-no-kami (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Genji Keizu). In the seventh month of the fifth year of Engi (905) he died (Note: following the Engi Gyoki as quoted in the entry for the second year of Chōwa in the Shōyūki. The Ichidai Yōki has the seventh year). He had no sons, so he adopted Shūbō, a son of the Dainagon Minamoto-no-Noboru, as his son, and had him serve successively as Junior Fourth Rank Upper and Ise-no-kami, Governor of Ise (Note: following the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Narikage

¶Minamoto-no-Narikage died before the emperor (Emperor Kōkō) had ascended the throne (Note: following the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Kaoruzumi

¶Minamoto-no-Kaoruzumi was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper and became Iyo-no-gon-no-kami (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu). His son Hirotō was of Junior Fifth Rank Lower and Chūgū-no-daishin, Senior Secretary of the Empress's Household (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Tomosada

¶Minamoto-no-Tomosada was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper and became Ise-no-kami (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Genji Keizu. Upon consideration: the Ichidai Yōki has Iyo-no-kami). In the first year of Chōtoku (995) he died. His son Sadayori was of Junior Fifth Rank Upper (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Shimizu-no-Kiyozane

¶Shimizu-no-Kiyozane was at first granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason, but later committed a fault and was struck from the imperial family register. In the second year of Ninna (886), at the petition of Shikibu-kyō Imperial Prince Motoyasu, the Udaijin, Minister of the Right, Minamoto-no-Tasu, and others, in accordance with the precedent of Sadanoboru, he was granted afresh the surname Shimizu-no-Ason, had his registry fixed in the First Ward of the Right Capital (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), and was granted Junior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu).

The Monk Kūshō

¶The monk Kūshō shared in the seasonal clothing and monthly stipends in the eighth year of Gangyō (884) (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).