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Hōjō Yasutoki

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1183–1242 Also known as Sagami no Kami

Hōjō Yasutoki (1183–1242), third regent of the Kamakura shogunate, enacted the Goseibai Shikimoku and other legal codes after taking office in 1224, …

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  1. 1221–1224Kamakura · KantōDuring the Jōkyū War, the Hōjō clan led shogunal forces to defeat the imperial court; afterward he took part in disposing of the retired emperors and Emperor Juntoku, and pushed for the emperor's replacement, further weakening the Kyoto court's military and political power.
  2. 1224–1230Kamakura · KantōIn 1224 he became the third regent, overseeing shogunal government. He reorganized the Hyōjōshū system, promulgated the first edition of the Goseibai Shikimoku in 1225 establishing the basic framework of warrior law, and coordinated relations with Emperor Go-Horikawa and the young shogun Minamoto no Yoriatsu.
  3. 1230–1242Kamakura · KantōHe continued to perfect shogunal law and administration, revising the Goseibai Shikimoku in 1232. In his later years he transferred some power to his son Hōjō Yasutoki's successor Hōjō Yasutoki... [source: transferred some power to his son Hōjō Yasutoki], dying at Kamakura in 1242, later honored as the founder of Kamakura's political institutionalization.

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