Prince Morikuni

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Prince Morikuni (守邦親王) (13011333; r. June 19, 1308September 25, 1333) was the 9th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.

He was a son of the 8th Shogun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the shogunate's shikken or chief minister.[1] After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly after that.

The Kamakura shogonate was succeeded by the Kemmu Restoration.

[edit] Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

The years in which Morikuni was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[2]

Pre-Nanboku-chō court
Nanboku-chō southern court
  • Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
Nanboku-chō northern Court
  • Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 281.
  2. ^ Titsingh, pp. 278-300.


  • Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: ORiental Translatoin Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ...Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)

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Preceded by
Prince Hisaaki
Kamakura Shogun:
Prince Morikuni

1308-1333
Succeeded by
Kemmu Restoration