Nijō can refer to:
Places
*, one of numbered east–west streets in the ancient capital of
Heian-kyō
Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the official capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180.
Emperor Kanmu established it as the capital in 794, mov ...
(present-day Kyoto, Japan)
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Nijō Castle, a castle in
Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward."
As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Tourism, shopping, and entertainment are the primary sour ...
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Nijō Station (Kyoto)
is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Lines
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** Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)
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Layout JR West
The station has one elevated island platform between two tracks. The station building w ...
, a train station in
Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "central capital ward."
As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people. Tourism, shopping, and entertainment are the primary sour ...
*, a former town in
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
People
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Emperor Nijō (1143–1165), 78th emperor of Japan
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Nijō family
is a Japanese aristocratic kin group. 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. The Nijō was a branch of the Fuji ...
, one of the five regent houses (''go-sekke'')
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Nijō Tameuji
Nijō Tameuji (二条為氏, 1222–1286), also known as Fujiwara no Tameuji (藤原為氏), was a Japanese courtier and ''waka'' poet of the mid-Kamakura period. His Dharma name was Kakua (覚阿).
Biography Ancestry, birth and early life
Nij ...
(1222–1286), also known as Fujiwara no Tameuji, poet and founder of:
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Nijō poetic school, a conservative school of Japanese waka (poetry)
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Lady Nijō
(1258 – after 1307) was a Japanese noblewoman, poet and author. She was a concubine of Emperor Go-Fukakusa from 1271 to 1283, and later became a Buddhist nun. After years of travelling, around 1304–07 she wrote a memoir, ''Towazugatari'' ("An ...
(1258–c. 1307), Japanese writer, author of ''The Confessions of Lady Nijo''
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