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Prince Munetaka
宗尊親王
Shōgun
In office 10 May 1252 – 22 August 1266
Predecessor Fujiwara no Yoritsugu
Successor Prince Koreyasu
Monarch Go-Fukakusa
Kameyama
Shikken Hōjō Tokiyori
Hōjō Nagatoki
Hōjō Masamura
Born 15 December 1242
Heian-kyō, Japan
Died 2 September 1274(1274-09-02) (aged 31)
Heian-kyō, Japan
Spouse Konoe Saishi
daughter of Horikawa Tomonori
Issue Prince Koreyasu
Princess Rinshi
Shingaku, Prince Hayata
Princess Zuishi
Father Emperor Go-Saga
Mother Taira no Muneko

Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王, Munetaka Shinnō, 15 December 1242 – 2 September 1274) was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.

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.

  • 10 May 1252 (Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
  • 22 August 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 20th day of the 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.

The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.

Family

Parents

  • Father: Emperor Go-Saga (後嵯峨天皇, Go-Saga-tennō, April 1, 1220 – March 17, 1272)
  • Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302), Taira no Munemoto's daughter
    Consorts and issues:
  • Wife: Konoe Saiko (近衛 宰子, b. 1241), daughter of Konoe Kanetsune (近衛 兼経)
    • Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王, 26 May 1264 – 25 November 1326), first son
    • Princess Rinshi (掄子女王, b. 1265), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, first daughter
  • Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone, daughter of Horikawa Tomomori (堀川具教)
    • Prince Hayata (早田宮真覚), second son
    • 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.

See also

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