[ごせっけ, gosekke] (n) (See 摂関) the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
[せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず, senkinnokyuuhaikkonoekiniarazu] (exp) an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox alone; to rule a country requires many great men