Hōjō Tokiyori

Timeline

1. 1246–1250Kamakura · Kamakura shogunateIn 1246 Hōjō Tokiyori succeeded his father Hōjō Yasutoki as regent, continuing Hōjō control of the shogunate. He reorganized the hyōjōshū and gokenin systems and began strengthening the Tokusō house's monopoly on the shogunate's core power.
2. 1251–1260Kamakura · Kamakura shogunateAlthough Tokiyori ceded the regency to his brother Hōjō Nagatoki in 1256, in the 1250s he still led the shogunate as Tokusō. During this period he promoted Kenchō-ji, managed relations with the court and gokenin, in 1260 accepted Nichiren's Risshō Ankokuron, and dealt with diplomatic pressure from the Mongols and Goryeo.
3. 1261–1263Kamakura · Kamakura shogunateIn the 1260s Tokiyori's health deteriorated, yet he still controlled key shogunal affairs through the Tokusō house. He died of illness in Kamakura in 1263; his son Hōjō Tokimune later became regent and led resistance against the Mongols in the Battle of Bun'ei.