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Fujiwara no Yoritsune

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1218–1256 Also known as 藤原頼経、九条赖经、Kujō Yoritsune、Fujiwara no Yoritsune

Fujiwara no Yoritsune (1218–1256) of the Kujō branch was the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.

Timeline

  1. 1218–1226Kyoto · KinkiBorn into a Kyoto courtier family, he was a small child in 1218–1220 and not yet involved in politics. After the death of Minamoto no Sanetomo the shogunate needed a new shogun, and the Hōjō clan brought him to Kamakura in 1226 to become the fourth shogun at age eight.
  2. 1226–1256Kamakura · KantōHe took the shogunate as a young courtier while real power lay with the Hōjō regents; the shogunal post became a link between court nobles and the Hōjō of the shogunate, with Yoritsune largely a symbolic figure. His accession marked the end of the Minamoto shoguns and the beginning of the Fujiwara shoguns.

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