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Nijō family

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Titles
  
Various

Founding year
  
13th century

Founder
  
Nijō Yoshizane

Dissolution
  
still extant

Parent house
  
Kujō clan (Fujiwara clan)


Nijō family (二条家, Nijō-ke) was a Japanese aristocratic kin group. The Nijō was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.

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History

The family was founded by Kujō Michiie's son Nijō Yoshizane.

The Nijō was one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku were chosen.

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  • Nijō Yoshizane (1216-1271)
  • Nijō Morotada (1254–1341)
  • Nijō Kanemoto (1268–1334)
  • Nijō Michihira (1288–1335)
  • Nijō Yoshimoto (1320–1388)
  • References

    Nijō family Wikipedia