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The Tachibana clan was one of the four most powerful court nobility families in Japan's Nara and early Heian periods—the other three were the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Taira. Members of the Tachibana family often held high court posts within the Daijō-kan, most frequently Sadaijin. Like the other major families at court, they also constantly sought to increase and secure their power by marrying into the imperial family. However, as the Minamoto clan and the Fujiwara clan gained power over the course of the 9th and 10th centuries, the Tachibana were eclipsed and eventually became scattered across the country. Though serving in high government posts outside the capital, they were thus denied the degree of power and influence within the court at Kyoto (Heian-kyō) which they once enjoyed.

Significant members
Agatainukai no MichiyoTachibana no Moroe (橘諸兄) - Son of Michiyo; also known as Katsuragi no Ō-kimi (葛城王) • Tachibana no Sai (橘佐為) - Son of Michiyo; also known as Sai no Ō-kimi (佐為王) • Muro no Ōkimi (牟漏女王) - Daughter of Michiyo; wife of Fujiwara no FusasakiTachibana no Naramaro (橘奈良麻呂) - Eldest son of Moroe • Tachibana no Shimadamaro (橘島田麿) - Son of Naramaro • Tachibana no Kiyotomo (橘清友) - Son of Naramaro • Tachibana no Kachiko (橘嘉智子) - Daughter of Kiyotomo, Empress to Emperor SagaTachibana no Ujikimi (橘氏公) - Son of Kiyotomo • Tachibana no Reitsugi (橘岑継) - Son of Ujikimi • Tachibana no Hayanari (橘逸勢) - Poet, calligrapher; one of the SanpitsuTachibana no Hiromi (橘広相) - Scholar, five generations from Moroe; Served Emperors Yōzei, Kōkō, and UdaTachibana no Kimisai (?)(橘公材) - Second son of Hiromi • Tachibana no Kimiyori (橘公頼) - Fifth son of Hiromi; Dazai Gonnosochi (a post akin to Governor of Kyūshū); fought Fujiwara no Sumitomo's younger brother Fujiwara no SuminoriTachibana no Kern (源久直) - Member of the Saga Morimoto line of the Ochi clanTachibana no Toshimichi (橘敏通) - Third son of Kimiyori; played an important role in fighting Fujiwara no Sumitomo and Suminori; lord of Chikugo Province and founder of the Chikugo (Kyūshū) branch of the Tachibana • Senkan (千観) - Fourth son of Kimiyori; preacher of Jōdo-shū • (橘善行) - Also known by the Buddhist name Shōkū (性空); founder of Enkyō-jiZōga (蔵賀) - Lived on TōnomineKōkei (皇慶) - Priest of TendaiNōin (能因; Tachibana no Nagayasu, 橘永愷) - Poet; also known by Buddhist name Nōin • Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞) - worked with Fujiwara no MichinagaKo-shikibu no Naishi (小式部内侍) - Poet; daughter of Michisada • Tachibana no Tamenaka (橘為仲) - Poet • Tachibana no Tōyasu (橘遠保) - Formerly of the Ochi clan, founder of the Iyo Tachibana branch; played an important role in fighting Fujiwara no Sumitomo • Tachibana no Isamu (橘勇) - medicine, son of Sachiko • Tachibana no Tōshige (橘遠茂) - mokudai (governor) of Suruga; descendant of Tōyasu (Iyo branch) • Tachibana no Kinnaga (橘公長) - executioner of Taira no MunemoriTachibana no Kinnari (橘公業) - Son of Kiminaga; founder of Kokajima clanTachibana no Narisue (橘成季) - Served Kujō MichiieMinamoto no Hisanao (源久直) - Member of the Saga Genji line of the Minamoto clan; founder of Kamachi family from the Chikugo Tachibana branch == See also ==
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