Japanese prince
Prince Morikuni (守邦親王, Morikuni Shinnō, 19 June 1301 – 25 September 1333; r. 1308–1333) was the ninth and last shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1]
He was a son of the eighth shōgun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura shogunate's shikken or chief minister and tokusō of Hōjō clan (de facto ruler of Japan).[2] His mother was daughter of Prince Koreyasu who died in 1306.
After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.
The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the short-lived Kenmu Restoration.
Eras of Morikuni's bakufu
The years in which Morikuni was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[3]
- Pre-Nanboku-chō court
- Nanboku-chō southern court
- Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
- Nanboku-chō northern Court
- Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Morikuni Shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 660, p. 660, at Google Books.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 281., p. 281, at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 278–300., p. 278, at Google Books
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