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Hōjō Masako

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1156–1225 Also known as Nun Shogun、Hiki-ni

Hōjō Masako (1156–1225), principal wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, was one of the de facto political cores of the early Kamakura shogunate, coordinatin…

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  1. 1179–1180Izu Province · TōkaidōMarried the exiled Minamoto no Yoritomo, becoming an important link between the Hōjō and Minamoto clans and laying the family foundation for the later Kantō uprising.
  2. 1181–1190Kamakura · KantōAfter Yoritomo rose in Kantō, Masako moved with him to Kamakura, participating in coordinating gokenin and rear affairs; after the Taira's defeat in 1185 the shogunate system gradually took shape and her position grew increasingly prominent.
  3. 1191–1225Kamakura · KantōAfter Yoritomo's death she became a nun, yet continued to intervene in succession and regency affairs under the name 'Nun Shogun,' consolidating the Hōjō clan's actual control of the shogunate.

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