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 —a Japanese kuge family descended from the 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