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Hōjō Tsunetoki

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1224–1246 Also known as Hōjō Tsunetoki、北条経時、北条经时

Hōjō Tsunetoki (1224–1246) was the fourth regent of the Kamakura shogunate (1242–1246), eldest son of Hōjō Tokiyori and grandson of the third regent …

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  1. 1224–1241Kamakura · KamakuraEldest son of Hōjō Tokiyori and grandson (not son) of the third regent Hōjō Yasutoki; his mother was Matsushita Zen'ni, daughter of Adachi Kagesane. He underwent the genpuku ceremony in 1234, became a member of the hyōjōshū in 1241, and received government training under his grandfather Yasutoki's regency.
  2. 1242–1246Kamakura · KamakuraHe became the fourth regent after his grandfather Yasutoki died in 1242. In 1244 he deposed Shogun Kujō Yoriie and installed his son Yoritsugu. In March 1246 he ceded the regency to his brother Hōjō Tokiyori due to illness, dying in the intercalary fourth month at about twenty-three. His successor was Tokiyori, not 'Hōjō Tsunetoki'.

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