List of Kuge families include the high level bureaucrats and nobles (kuge) in the Japanese Imperial court. 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 (Kakaku (Japan), rank). The kuge along with the daimyō made up the nobility (kazoku) 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 (摂家), Seigake (清華家), Daijinke (大臣家), Urinke (羽林家), Meika (Japan) (名家), and Hanke (Japan) (半家).

Minamoto clan (Genji)

Seigake

Daijinke

Urinke

Hanke

Fujiwara clan

Originally, the Fujiwara four families (藤原四家) were branches established by the four sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito: Nanke, Hokke, Shikike, and Kyōke. 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:

Seigake

Daijinke

Urinke

Meika

Hanke

Taira clan (Heishi)

Meika

Hanke

Others

Hanke