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Kujō Yoritsugu

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Fujiwara no Yoritsugu
藤原 頼嗣
Shōgun
In office
1244–1252
MonarchsGo-Saga
Go-Fukakusa
ShikkenHōjō Tsunetoki
Hōjō Tokiyori
Preceded byFujiwara no Yoritsune
Succeeded byPrince Munetaka
Personal details
Born(1239-12-17)December 17, 1239
Kamakura, Japan
DiedOctober 14, 1256(1256-10-14) (aged 16)
Kyoto, Japan
SpouseHiwadahime
Parents

Kujō Yoritsugu (九条 頼嗣, December 17, 1239 – October 14, 1256; r. 1244–1252), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu (藤原 頼嗣), was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.[1]

The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of imperial courtiers.

Family

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  • Father: Kujō Yoritsune
  • Mother: Omiya no Kata
  • Wife: Hiwadahime (1230–1247)

Events of Yoritsugu shogunate

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Eras of Yoritsugu's shogunate

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The years in which Yoritsugu was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

Notes

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoritsugu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, at Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 247., p. 247, at Google Books
  3. ^ a b Titsingh, p. 252., p. 252, at Google Books

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
Preceded by Shōgun:
Kujō Yoritsugu

1244–1252
Succeeded by