Friends who have watched Japanese TV dramas know that there are many surnames in Japan, and various surnames such as Sato, Tanaka, Yamamoto, Yamazaki, Ishida, etc., these surnames are strange and varied, so how the Japanese people take the surname, the following will give you a detailed explanation of the ins and outs of Japanese surnames.
At about the end of the third century AD, only the nobles of Japan and the kings of the small forces divided in Japan had surnames, some of their surnames came from official positions, such as the Jibu clan of sacrificial work, some from the place of residence, and some of them used the place names they ruled as surnames, such as the Izumo clan.
Later, the monarchs of the Yamato Dynasty of Japan gave them surnames to their blood relatives and meritorious servants who were beneficial to the country, respectively, to show that their status and commoners were different, and there were only about 30 surnames at that time, in addition to these, most people in Japan had no surnames, only names, such as Dairo and Kojiro.
Later, with the passage of time, the population multiplied, more and more people, and the nobility had many branches, so there were "Miao characters", such as the right minister Kujo Kanshi in the early Kamakura period, the full name should be "Fujiwara Courtier Kujō Kanshi", Fujiwara is the surname, the courtier is the clan, the nine is the Miao character, and the kanshi is the name.
There were more and more branches of the noble family, more and more Miao characters, and later in order to facilitate the name, the three characters of surname, surname, and Miao character were directly merged, directly called "Nine Articles and Reality".
Later, the Meiji government's Meiji Restoration wanted to start reform, but at this time ordinary people did not have surnames, only the names of Dairo and Kojiro, which was too inconvenient, so the Meiji government issued the "Hmong Character Must Be Called Order", each citizen must not only have a name, but also have a "Hmong character", from Kojiro yamamoto to Yamamoto Kojiro.
So at this time, Japan's names began to blossom, many Japanese people have not read books, do not know words, can only a large family gather together to think of one, living in the mountains is called "Yamamoto", Arita also raises turtles is called "Kameda", some also use dates as miao characters, called "April 1st", living in the forest is called "Morishita", so up to now there are more than 100,000 Japanese surnames
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