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Nijō Yoshimoto

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1320–1388 Also known as 二條良基、Nijō Yoshimoto

Japanese courtier and renga poet of the Northern and Southern Courts to early Muromachi period (1320–1388), head of the Nijō house, who completed the…

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  1. 1371–1372Kyoto · MuromachiTogether with Kyūsei (formerly Kyūsei) he completed the Oan Shinshiki (also called the Renga Shinshiki), standardizing renga composition rules, and wrote theoretical works such as the Renga Mondō, elevating renga to a literary status parallel to waka.
  2. 1378–1380Kyoto · MuromachiPromoted to Daijō-daijin in 1381 and again serving as regent from 1382, assisting Emperor Go-Komatsu, he continued to direct court affairs and yusoku kojitsu through the late 1370s and early 1380s. He resigned as Daijō-daijin and regent in 1387, briefly served as regent again in 1388, and then died.

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