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Prince Morikuni
守邦親王
Shōgun
In officeJune 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333
PredecessorPrince Hisaaki
SuccessorPrince Moriyoshi
MonarchHanazono
Go-Daigo
ShikkenHōjō Morotoki
Hōjō Munenobu
Hōjō Hirotoki
Hōjō Mototoki
Hōjō Takatoki
Hōjō Sadaaki
Hōjō Moritoki
Born19 June 1301
Kamakura, Japan
Died25 September 1333(1333-09-25) (aged 32)
Kamakura, Japan
FatherPrince Hisaaki
Motherdaughter of Prince Koreyasu
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Prince Morikuni (守邦親王, Morikuni Shinnō, 1301–1333; r. June 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333) was the ninth 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.[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 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
Nanboku-chō northern Court

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Morikuni Shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 660, p. 660, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 281., p. 281, at Google Books
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 278–300., p. 278, at Google Books

References

Preceded byPrince Hisaaki Shōgun:Prince Morikuni 1308–1333 Kenmu Restoration
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