Prince Munetaka

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.[1]

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.

The deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō.[1] 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.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 666, p. 666, at Google Books.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 251., p. 251, at Google Books
  3. Titsingh, p. 256., p. 256, at Google Books

References

Preceded by
Kujō Yoritsugu
Kamakura Shogun:
Prince Munetaka

1252–1266
Succeeded by
Prince Koreyasu


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