, son of regent Nijō Michihira, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble), waka

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, and renga master of the early

Nanboku-chō period The , also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period, was a period in Japanese history between 1336-1392 CE, during the formative years of the Ashikaga shogunate, Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate. Ideologically, the two courts fought for 50 ...

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

Nijō Morotsugu , son of regent Nijō Yoshimoto, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Muromachi period The , also known as the , is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Mu ...

and Ichijō Tsunetsugu.

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

succeeds him with the title of '' kampaku.''

Scholar-poet

Yoshimoto learned waka from Ton'a 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.
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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. Even though the present Imperial House of Japan is descended from the ...

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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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