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Minamoto no Yoritsune

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1219–1256 Also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune、shōgun

Minamoto no Yoritsune (1219–1256) was the fourth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate, taking office in 1226 at the age of eight.…

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  1. 1226–1230Kamakura · KantōIn 1226, put forward by Hojō Yasutoki, he became the fourth shōgun at the age of eight. Nominally the supreme leader of the warrior house, actual government affairs and military authority were held by the Hojō regents and the hyōjōshū.
  2. 1230–1244Kamakura · KantōHe continued as a nominal shōgun, coexisting with the Kamakura–Kyōto system under Emperor Go-Horikawa and Hojō Yasutoki. In 1244 he was forced to resign the shogunate, was appointed Left Major Counselor, and returned to Kyōto.
  3. 1256Bōsō · KantōIn 1256, due to conflicts with the shogunate, he was exiled to Bōsō and was ordered to die en route, ending his life.

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