Prince Munetaka
Son of emperor Go-Saga; shogun of Kamakura
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| Intro | Son of emperor Go-Saga; shogun of Kamakura | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Prince Munetaka Munetaka Shinnō | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Prince Munetaka Munetaka Shinnō | ||||||
| Places | Japan | ||||||
| was | Artist Poet Calligrapher | ||||||
| Work field | Arts Creativity Literature | ||||||
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| Birth | 15 December 1242 | ||||||
| Death | 2 September 1274 (aged 31 years) | ||||||
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Biography
Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王) (December 15, 1242 – September 2, 1274) was the sixth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Kujō Yoritsugu as shogun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.
1252 (Kenchō 4, 2nd month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two.
The deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.
Eras of Munetaka's bakufu
The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
- Kenchō (1249–1257)
- Kōgen (1256–1257)
- Shōka (1257–1259)
- Shōgen (1259–1260)
- Bun'ō (1260–1261)
- Kōchō (1261–1264)
- Bun'ei (1264–1275)