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Hōjō Tokimasa

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1138–1215 Also known as 北條時政、Hojo Tokimasa、Hōjō Tokimasa

First regent of the Hōjō clan in Japan's Kamakura period, a powerful samurai of Izu;…

Timeline

1161–1170Izu Province · Izu ProvinceIn the 1160s, as a local samurai lord of Izu, he built up Hōjō clan power, sheltering Minamoto no Yoritomo exiled there amid the Taira pursuit of Minamoto remnants, laying the political and military foundation for the Hōjō clan's later role as regents of the Kamakura shogunate.

Sources

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Hojo Tokimasa — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hojo-Tokimasa