The Abe clan continued to serve the Imperial Court as court nobles after the time of Seimei but, during the Muromachi period, they began to go by the family name instead of the clan name as was practiced by other court nobles in those days. |
安倍氏は晴明以後も朝廷に代々公家として仕えていたが、室町時代に他の公家同様氏ではなく家名を称するようになった。 |