Nijō

Nijō can refer to:

Places

Nijō Street (二条通, Nijō-dori, lit. second street), one of numbered east-west streets in the ancient capital of Heian-kyō (present-day Kyoto, Japan)
- Nijō Castle, a castle in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
- Nijō Station (Kyoto), a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
Nijō, Fukuoka (二丈町, Nijō-machi), a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

People

Emperor Nijō (1143–1165), 78th emperor of Japan
Nijō family, one of the five regent houses (go-sekke)
Nijō Tameuji (1222–1286), also known as Fujiwara no Tameuji, poet and founder of:
- Nijō poetic school, a conservative school of Japanese waka (poetry)
Lady Nijō (1258–c. 1307), Japanese writer, author of The Confessions of Lady Nijo

Numbered jō

Ichijō Nijō Sanjō Shijō Gojō Rokujō Shichijō Hachijō Kujō Jūjō

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