, son of regent Nijō Michihira, was a Japanese ''

kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank un ...

'' (court noble), waka

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, and renga master of the early

Nanboku-chō period The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...

(1336–1392). Yoshimoto's wife gave birth to Nijō Moroyoshi. With another woman, he had sons Nijō Morotsugu and

Ichijō Tsunetsugu , son of Nijō Yoshimoto and adopted son of regent Tsunemichi, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). He held a regent position kampaku three times from 1394 to 1398, from 1399 to 1408 and from 1410 to 1 ...

Career as government official

Yoshimoto held the regent position of kampaku three times (from 1346 to 1347, from 1363 to 1367, and in 1388), and that of sesshō twice (from 1382 to 1388, and in 1388). * 1381 ('' Eitoku 1, 7th month''): Yoshimoto is made '' Daijō Daijin.'' * 1387 ('' Kakei 1, 1st month''): Yoshimoto is deprived of his position as ''daijō daijin.''Titsingh, p. 318. * 1388 (''Kakei 2, 6th month''): Yoshitomo dies at age 69; and his son Nijō Morotsugu succeeds him with the title of '' kampaku.''

Scholar-poet

Yoshimoto learned waka from

Ton'a , also read as Tonna; lay name – Nikaidō Sadamune (二階堂貞宗), was a Japanese Buddhist poet who was a student of Nijō Tameyo. Ton'a took a tonsure at Enryaku-ji Temple, but was later associated with the ''Ji'' sect (founded by Ippe ...

and renga from Gusai and Kyūsei. He regarded himself primarily as a waka poet; he authored several treatises on the subject. It is for ''renga'' that he is best known. By the age of thirty, he was regarded as an authority on the subject. He authored a number of books including: *, a text on renga poetics *, the first edited collection of renga *, general discourse on renga in question-answer style *, a discussion of renga style; co-authored with Ton'a *, a text on renga rules *, a treatise on waka poetics

Historian

The author of '' Masukagami'' is unknown, but it is believed that Nijō Yoshimoto had a hand in its writing. The book is a Japanese historical tale describing events understood to have occurred between 1368 and 1376.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). "''Masu-kagami''" in
''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 615.
/ref> His diary, ''Kuchi-ura'', "gives considerable detail" of the

Northern Court The , also known as the Ashikaga Pretenders or Northern Pretenders, were a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392. The present Imperial House of Japan is descended from the Northern Cou ...

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, Earl Roy. (1980). ''Japanese Linked Poetry: an Account with Translations of Renga and Haikai Sequences.'' Princeton:

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. ; * * Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:

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* 1320 births 1388 deaths Fujiwara clan Yoshimoto People of Kamakura-period Japan People of Nanboku-chō-period Japan 14th-century Japanese historians {{japan-noble-stub