The kuge families included the high level bureaucrats and nobles in the Imperial Court of Japan. This list is based on the lineage of the family (the clan from which the family derives, such as the Minamoto, Fujiwara, or Taira) and the kakaku (, rank). The kuge along with the daimyà  were included to the kazoku peerage of post-Meiji Restoration Japan. The kazoku was abolished shortly after World War II.
The kakaku consists of six ranks, from highest to lowest, they are Sekke (æÂÂ家), (渠è¯家), (大è£家), (ç¾½æÂÂ家), (Ã¥ÂÂ家), and (Ã¥ÂÂ家).
Originally, the Fujiwara four families (è¤åÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ家) were branches established by the four sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito: Nanke, Hokke, Shikike, and Kyà Âke. Hokke later became the most successful out of the four families, and there are five main branches from Hokke, known as the Sekke, otherwise known as Five regent houses:
And other cadet branches of Fujiwara, becoming one of Kuge, include: