Prince Morikuni

Prince Morikuni (守邦親王) (13011333; r. June 19, 1308September 25, 1333) was the ninth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1]

He was a son of the eighth 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.[2]

After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.

The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the Kemmu Restoration.

Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

The years in which Morikuni was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[3]

Pre-Nanboku-chō court
Nanboku-chō southern court
Nanboku-chō northern Court

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Morikuni Shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 660, p. 660, at Google Books.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 281., p. 281, at Google Books
  3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 278-300., p. 278, at Google Books

References

Preceded by
Prince Hisaaki
Kamakura Shogun:
Prince Morikuni

1308-1333
Succeeded by
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