Kiyomizu clan

Kiyomizu Clan清水氏 	Kiyomizu Clan清水氏
Mon 	Mon
Home province 	Iwaramoto, Rannobe-fu
Parent house 	Sanjou clan
Titles 	Emperor of IshikokuEmpress of IshikokuCrown PrinceCrown Princess
Founder 	Kiyomizu Tanzan
Current head 	Kiyomizu Kazuma
Founding year 	1348
Religion 	Kodo
The Kiyomizu clan (清水氏 Kiyomizu-shi), also referred to as the Imperial Family or Imperial House of Nantou, is a royal clan of the Emperor of Ishikoku, head of state of Nantou, and they were a powerful daimyō family in Ishikoku. They are a cadet branch of the Sanjou clan, the original Imperial Household of Ishikoku. In the feudal era, the Kiyomizu were most prominent in southern Daishu and on the islands of Shirazu and Yukijima. 
Closely aligned with the Sanjou Imperial Household, the Kiyomizu had been in a long-standing feud with the Soga shogunate, which exercised all real power over the government and politics of Ishikoku. When Emperor Tōryoku abdicated without an heir in 1847, the Kiyomizu were selected to inherit the throne as shinnōke of the Imperial Family. 
== Shinnōke ==
The seshū shinnōke (世襲親王家) is the collective name for three cadet branches of the Imperial family which are entitled to provide a successor to the throne if the Kiyomizu line failed to produce an heir. The heads of these royal clans hold the title of imperial prince (親王 shinnō), regardless of their genealogical distance from the reigning Emperor, as the term seshū in their designation meant that they were eligible for succession. Current seshū shinnōke includes the Hojo clan, Yamada clan, and a minor branch of the Sanjou clan.
Category:Ishi clans