Shijō

"Shijo" redirects here. For Korean poetry, also spelt shijo, see Sijo.

Shijō (四条 or 四條) literally means star in Japanese. It may refer to:

Art

• Shijō school, a Japanese school of painting

Names

• Emperor Shijō, the 87th Emperor of Japan,
• a Japanese surname
  • Shijō family (四条家, Shijōke)—a Japanese kuge family descended from the Fujiwara Hokke (藤原北家)

Places

• Shijō Street, one of east–west streets in the ancient capital of Heian-kyō, present-day Kyoto
• Train stations
  • Shijō Station, a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
  • Gion-Shijō Station, a train station on the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, formerly known as Shijō Station