Prince Koreyasu

Prince Koreyasu
惟康親王
Shōgun
In office26 August 1266 – 29 September 1289
PredecessorPrince Munetaka
SuccessorPrince Hisaaki
MonarchKameyama
Go-Uda
Fushimi
ShikkenHōjō Masamura
Hōjō Tokimune
Hōjō Sadatoki
Born(1264-05-26)26 May 1264
Kamakura, Japan
Died25 November 1326(1326-11-25) (aged 62)
Heian-kyō, Japan
Names
Prince Koreyasu (惟康王)→Minamoto no Koreyasu (源惟康)→Prince Koreyasu
FatherPrince Munetaka
MotherKonoe 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 medieval Japan.[1] He was the nominal ruler virtually 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • 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.[4]

At age 25, the deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.[1]

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.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Koreyasu shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 561, p. 561, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 256., p. 256, at Google Books
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 269., p. 269, at Google Books
  4. ^ Titsingh, p. 270., p. 270, at Google Books

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
Preceded by Shōgun:
Prince Koreyasu

1266–1289
Succeeded by