Kujō Yoritsugu

Kujō Yoritsugu (九条頼嗣, December 17, 1239 – October 14, 1256; r. 1244–1252), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu, was the fifth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune.^[1]

Yoritsugu was a member of the great Fujiwara clan. The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of courtiers.

Events of Yoritsugu shogunate

• 1244 (Kangen 2): In the spring of this year, a number of extraordinary phenomena in the skies over Kamakura troubled Yoritsugu's father Yoritsune deeply.^[2]
• 1244 (Kangen 2, 4th month): Yoritsugu had his coming-of-age ceremonies at age 6. In the same month, his father asked Emperor Go-Saga for permission to give up his responsibilities as shogun in favor of Yoritsugu.^[2]
• 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoritsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest.^[2]
• 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven and she was sixteen.^[2]
• September 1, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu's father died at age 39.^[3]
• October 14, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu died at the age of 18 years.^[3]

Eras of Yoritsugu's shogunate

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

• Kangen (1243–1247)
• Hōji (1247–1249)
• Kenchō (1249–1257)

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoritsugu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, at Google Books.
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 247., p. 247, at Google Books
3. Titsingh, p. 252., p. 252, 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 Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.