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Prince Koreyasu

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Name
  
Prince Koreyasu

Grandparents
  
Emperor Go-Saga

Parents
  
Prince Munetaka

Died
  
November 25, 1326

Role
  
Prince Munetaka's son


Great-grandparents
  
Emperor Tsuchimikado, Tsuchimikado (Minamoto) no Michi-ko

Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王) (May 26, 1264 – November 25, 1326; reigned 1266–1289) was the seventh shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.

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Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka who was the sixth shogun.

  • 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two when his father was deposed.
  • 1287 (Kōan 10, 6th month): The shogun was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.
  • 1289 (Shōō 2, 9th month): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (Sagami-no-Kami) caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.

    • At age 25, the deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.

    Family

  • Father: Prince Munetaka
  • Mother: Konoe Saiko (b.1241)
  • Wife: unknown
  • Children:
  • Prince Hitozumi
  • a daughter married Prince Hisaaki (d.1306)
  • Prince Yasutada
  • Prince Hitokiyo (1291-1302)
  • Prince Hitotada
  • Prince Hisazumi
  • Adopted son: Prince Hisaaki

    • Eras of Koreyasu's bakufu

    The years in which Koreyasu is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

  • Bun'ei (1264–1275)
  • Kenji (1275–1278)
  • Kōan (1278–1288)
  • Shōō (1288–1293)

    • References

    Prince Koreyasu Wikipedia
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