| They received a lot of respect as quasi-imperial families, but as the Fujiwara family established a political system which involved holding onto power as maternal relatives by marrying their daughters to members of the imperial family, most of the families fell into ruin during the second or third generations. |
彼らは皇族に順ずる存在として高い尊敬を受けたが、やがて藤原家の外戚政治が確立していく中、2・3代ほどで没落する例がほとんどになった。 |