| Prince Munetaka 宗尊親王 | |
|---|---|
| Shōgun | |
| In office | 10 May 1252 – 22 August 1266 |
| Predecessor | Fujiwara no Yoritsugu |
| Successor | Prince Koreyasu |
| Monarch | Go-Fukakusa Kameyama |
| Shikken | Hōjō Tokiyori Hōjō Nagatoki Hōjō Masamura |
| Born | 15 December 1242 Heian-kyō, Japan |
| Died | 2 September 1274 (aged 31) Heian-kyō, Japan |
| Spouses | Konoe Saishi daughter of Horikawa Tomonori |
| Issue | Prince Koreyasu Princess Rinshi Shingaku, Prince Hayata Princess Zuishi |
| Father | Emperor Go-Saga |
| Mother | Taira no Muneko |
Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王, Munetaka Shinnō, 15 December 1242 – 2 September 1274) was the sixth shōgun 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 Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.
- 10 May 1252 (Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.[2]
- 22 August 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 20th day of the 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.[3]
The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō.[1] He was a writer of Waka poetry.
Family
- Father: Emperor Go-Saga
- Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302)
- Wife: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241)
- Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone
- Children:
- Prince Koreyasu by Saiko
- Mizuko-jōō (1272–1329) become Emperor Go-Uda's consort by Horikawa
- Princess Rinshi become Emperor Go-Uda's consort by Saiko
- Prince Sukeyasu by Horikawa
Eras of Munetaka's bakufu
The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
- Kenchō (1249–1257)
- Kōgen (1256–1257)
- Shōka (1257–1259)
- Shōgen (1259–1260)
- Bun'ō (1260–1261)
- Kōchō (1261–1264)
- Bun'ei (1264–1275)
Notes
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 666, p. 666, at Google Books.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 251., p. 251, at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, p. 256., p. 256, at Google Books
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
| Preceded by Kujō Yoritsugu | Shōgun: Prince Munetaka 1252–1266 | Succeeded by Prince Koreyasu |