Japanese clans


Ancient clan names

There are ancient-era clan names called Uji or Honsei''.

Imperial Clan

Gempeitōkitsu, 4 noble clans of Japan:

Native clans

According to the book Shinsen Shōjiroku compiled in 815, a total 326 out of 1,182 clans in the Kinai area on Honshū were regarded as people with foreign genealogy. The book specifically mentions 163 were from China, 104 such families from Baekje, 41 from Goguryeo, 9 from Silla, and 9 from Gaya.

Baekje

From the late ancient era onward, the family name had been commonly used by samurai to denote their family line instead of the name of the ancient clan that the family line belongs to, which was used only in the official records in the Imperial court. Kuge families also had used their family name for the same purpose. Each of samurai families is called " clan " as follows and they must not be confused with ancient clan names:
Sacerdotal clans:
are not Yamato people, but the Ryukyu Islands have been part of Japan since 1879.
Ryukyuan dynasties: