Kamo clan
Introduction   is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of northeastern Kyoto. The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century founding of the Kamo Shrine.
Kamo Shrine The Kamo Shrine's name references the area's early inhabitants, many of whom continue to live near the shrine their ancestors traditionally served. The formal names of corollary ''jinja'' memorialize vital clan roots in a history which pre-dates the founding of Japan's ancient capital.The Kamo Shrine encompasses what are now independent but traditionally associated ''jinja'' or shrines—the  in Kyoto's Kita Ward and; and the  in Sakyo Ward. The ''jinja'' names identify the various ''kami'' or deities who are venerated; and the name also refers to the ambit of shrine's nearby woods.A wild vista unfolds at ''Tadasu no Mori''.Although now incorporated within boundaries of the city, the location was once ''Tadasu no Mori'' (糺の森), the wild forest home of the exclusive caretakers of the shrine from prehistoric times.
Notable clan members * Kamo no Chōmei (1155–1216)* Kamo no Mabuchi (1697–1769)Although Ieyasu Tokugawa never used the surname Tokugawa before 1566, his appointment as shōgun was contingent on his claim to Matsudaira kinship and a link to the Seiwa Genji. Modern scholarship has revealed that the genealogy proffered to the emperor contained falsified information; however, since the Matsudaira used the same crest as the Kamo clan, some academics suggest that he was likely a descendant of the Kamo clan."
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