Nijō family
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nijō".
Nijō family (二条家 Nijō-ke) was a Japanese aristocratic kin group.[1] The Nijō was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.[2]
History
The family was founded by Kujō Michiie's son Nijō Yoshizane.[1]
The Nijō was one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku were chosen.[1]
Select list
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- Nijō Yoshizane (1216-1271)[1]
- Nijō Morotada (1254–1341)[3]
- Nijō Kanemoto (1268–1334)
- Nijō Michihira (1288–1335)
- Nijō Yoshimoto (1320–1388)
See also
- Japanese clans
- List of Kuge families
- Five Regent Houses
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Nijō," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 42; retrieved 2013-7-7.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nijō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 711.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 270.