Prince Koreyasu

Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王) (May 26, 1264 – November 25, 1326; reigned 1266–1289) was the seventh shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.^[1] He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.

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

• 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two when his father was deposed.^[2]
• 1287 (Kōan 10, 6th month): The shogun was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.^[3]
• 1289 (Shōō 2, 9th month): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (Sagami-no-Kami) caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.^[4]

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

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)

Notes

1. 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 Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.