Prince Koreyasu facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prince Koreyasu 惟康親王
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	(1264-05-26)26 May 1264 Kamakura, Japan
Died	25 November 1326(1326-11-25) (aged 62) Heian-kyō, Japan
Full name Prince Koreyasu (惟康王)→Minamoto no Koreyasu (源惟康)→Prince Koreyasu
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. He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.

Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka who was the sixth shōgun.

• 26 August 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 24th day of the 7th month): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two when his father was deposed.
• 17 July 1287 (Kōan 10, 6th day of the 6th month): The shōgun was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.
• 29 September 1289 (Shōō 2, 14th day of the 9th month): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (Sagami-no-Kami) caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.

At age 25, the deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.

Family

• Father: Prince Munetaka
• Mother: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241)
• Wife: unknown
• Children:
  • Prince Hitozumi
  • a daughter married Prince Hisaaki (d. 1306)
  • Prince Yasutada
  • Prince Hitokiyo (1291–1302)
  • Prince Hitotada
  • Prince Hisazumi
• Adopted son: Prince Hisaaki

Eras of Koreyasu's bakufu

The years in which Koreyasu is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

• Bun'ei (1264–1275)
• Kenji (1275–1278)
• Kōan (1278–1288)
• Shōō (1288–1293)