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Name
  
Prince Munetaka

Died
  
September 2, 1274

Children
  
Prince Koreyasu

Role
  
Emperor Go-Saga's son

Parents
  
Emperor Go-Saga

Great-grandparents
  
Minamoto no Ariko

Grandparents
  
Emperor Tsuchimikado, Tsuchimikado (Minamoto) no Michi-ko

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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 Kujo Yoritsugu as shogun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hojo clan regents.

  • 1252 (Kencho 4, 2nd month): Hojo Tokiyori and Hojo 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 Gyosho. 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 nengo.

  • Kencho (1249–1257)
  • Kogen (1256–1257)
  • Shoka (1257–1259)
  • Shogen (1259–1260)
  • Bun'o (1260–1261)
  • Kocho (1261–1264)
  • Bun'ei (1264–1275)

    • References

    Prince Munetaka Wikipedia
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