Yoshizane Nijo

A nobleman in the Kamakura period. His pen name was Fukoon-in. His posthumous Buddhist name was Gyoku. He was the founder of the Nijo family, one of the five regent families. His father was Kujo Michiie. In 1242 (Ninji 3), he became the regent and head of the clan, but he fell out with his father when Michiie favored his younger brother Sanetsune. Furthermore, when the Kujo clan was punished by the emperor for plotting against the Hojo clan by his father and Shogun Yoritsune and his son, Yoshizane was spared because he had been in cahoots with the Hojo clan. As a result, he was disowned by his father and did not receive any share of his land, which led him to establish his own family.

[Harutake Iikura]

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鎌倉時代の公卿(くぎょう)。号は普光園院(ふこうおんいん)。法名行空。五摂家の一つである二条家の祖。父は九条道家(みちいえ)。1242年（仁治3）関白(かんぱく)、氏長者(うじのちょうじゃ)になったが、父道家が弟実経(さねつね)を寵愛(ちょうあい)するところから父と不和になった。さらに父と将軍頼経(よりつね)父子の北条氏への陰謀事件から九条家一門が勅勘を受けたとき、良実は北条氏に内通していたので免れた。このことより父に義絶され、所領の分配も受けず、ついに一家をたてるに至った。

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