持じ明みょう院いん統とう

noun

Jimyōin line; Jimyōin imperial lineage

Historical term referring to the imperial lineage from Emperor Go-Fukakusa to Emperor Go-Komatsu, one of the two rival lines during the Nanboku-chō period.

• 持じ明みょう院いん統とうと大だい覚かく寺じ統とうは、南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいに皇おう位いを争あらそった。

  The Jimyōin line and the Daikakuji line contended for the imperial throne during the Nanboku-chō period.