Prince Koreyasu 惟康親王 | |||||
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Shōgun | |||||
In office | 26 August 1266 – 29 September 1289 | ||||
Predecessor | Prince Munetaka | ||||
Successor | Prince Hisaaki | ||||
Monarch | Kameyama Go-Uda Fushimi | ||||
Shikken | Hōjō Masamura Hōjō Tokimune Hōjō Sadatoki | ||||
Born | Kamakura, Japan | 26 May 1264||||
Died | 25 November 1326 Heian-kyō, Japan | (aged 62)||||
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Father | Prince Munetaka | ||||
Mother | Konoe Saishi | ||||
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Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王, Koreyasu Shinnō, 26 May 1264 – 25 November 1326; reigned 1266 – 1289), also known as Minamoto no Koreyasu (源 惟康), was the seventh shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1] He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.
Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka who was the sixth shōgun.
At age 25, the deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.[1]
The years in which Koreyasu is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.