Kujō Yoritsugu
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Kujō Yoritsugu (九条頼嗣?, December 17, 1239 – October 14, 1256; r. 1244–1252), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu, was the fifth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune.[1]
Yoritsugu was a member of the great Fujiwara clan. The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of courtiers.
Events of Yoritsugu shogunate
- 1244 (Kangen 2): In the spring of this year, a number of extraordinary phenomena in the skies over Kamakura troubled Yoritsugu's father Yoritsune deeply.[2][better source needed]
- 1244 (Kangen 2, 4th month): Yoritsugu had his coming-of-age ceremonies at age 6. In the same month, his father asked Emperor Go-Saga for permission to give up his responsibilities as shogun in favor of Yoritsugu.[2][better source needed]
- 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoritsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest.[2][better source needed]
- 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven and she was sixteen.[2][better source needed]
- September 1, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu's father died at age 39.[3][better source needed]
- October 14, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu died at the age of 18 years.[3][better source needed]
Eras of Yoritsugu's shogunate
The years in which Yoritsugu was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoritsugu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, at Google Books.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 247., p. 247, at Google Books
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Titsingh, p. 252., p. 252, 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 Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
Preceded by | Kamakura Shogun: Kujō Yoritsugu 1244–1252 |
Succeeded by Prince Munetaka |
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