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Prince Munetaka

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1242–1274 Also known as Sixth Shogun

Prince Munetaka (1242–1274), third son of Emperor Go-Saga, was appointed sixth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate in 1252 at age ten;…

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  1. 1252–1266Kamakura · KantōIn 1252, retired Emperor Go-Saga and the shogunate negotiated to install Prince Munetaka as sixth shogun, who traveled to Kamakura to take up the post. In the 1250s he served as nominal leader of the shogunate while still a young imperial prince, with actual governance handled by regent Hōjō Tokiyori and the gokenin assembly, reflecting court intervention in the shogunate.

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