extra=15 December 1242 – 2 September 1274 was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.[Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in .]
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.
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10 May 1252 ( Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to imperial capital Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ]
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22 August 1266 ( Bun'ei 3, 20th day of the 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Prince Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.
[Titsingh, ]
The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō.
Family
Parents
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Father: Emperor Go-Saga (後嵯峨天皇, Go-Saga-tennō, April 1, 1220 – March 17, 1272)
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Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302), Taira no Munemoto's daughter
Consorts and issues:
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Wife: Konoe Saiko (近衛 宰子, b. 1241), daughter of Konoe Kanetsune (近衛 兼経)
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Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone, daughter of Horikawa Tomomori (堀川具教)
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Prince Hayata (早田宮真覚), second son
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Princess Mizuko (瑞子女王) later Eikamon'in (永嘉門院; 1272–1329), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, second daughter
Eras of Munetaka's bakufu
The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or
nengō.
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Kenchō (1249–1257)
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Kōgen (1256–1257)
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Shōka (1257–1259)
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Shōgen (1259–1260)
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Bun'ō (1260–1261)
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Kōchō (1261–1264)
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Bun'ei (1264–1275)
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