In the context of Japanese history, this term refers to a kinship group formed on the basis of various factors comprising a 'family' of court nobles and by the headman of the family who reigned in his family, as well as his own family.
日本史において公家の「家」を構成する諸要素及びこれを管領する家督とその家族を中心に構成された親族集団のこと。