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Prince Morikuni
守邦親王
Shōgun
In office June 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333
Predecessor Prince Hisaaki
Successor Prince Moriyoshi
Monarch Hanazono
Go-Daigo
Shikken Hōjō Morotoki
Hōjō Munenobu
Hōjō Hirotoki
Hōjō Mototoki
Hōjō Takatoki
Hōjō Sadaaki
Hōjō Moritoki
Born 19 June 1301
Kamakura, Japan
Died 25 September 1333(1333-09-25) (aged 32)
Kamakura, Japan
Father Prince Hisaaki
Mother daughter of Prince Koreyasu
Signature Prince Morikuni kao

Prince Morikuni (守邦親王 Morikuni Shinnō?, 1301–1333; r. June 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333) was the ninth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1]

He was a son of the eighth shōgun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura shogunate's shikken or chief minister.[2] His mother was daughter of Prince Koreyasu who died in 1306.

After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.

The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the Kenmu Restoration.

Eras of Morikuni's bakufu[]

The years in which Morikuni was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[3]

Pre-Nanboku-chō court
  • Enkyō (1308–1311)
  • Ōchō (1311–1312)
  • Shōwa (1312–1317)
  • Bunpō (1317–1319)
  • Gen'ō (1319–1321)
  • Genkō (1321–1324)
  • Shōchū (1324–1326)
  • Karyaku(1326–1329)
  • Gentoku (1329–1331)
  • Genkō (1331–1334)
Nanboku-chō southern court
  • Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
Nanboku-chō northern Court
  • Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
    • Shōkei (1332–1338)

Notes[]

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Morikuni Shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 660, p. 660, at Google Books.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 281., p. 281, at Google Books
  3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 278–300., p. 278, at Google Books

References[]

Preceded by
Prince Hisaaki
Shōgun:
Prince Morikuni

1308–1333
Kenmu Restoration

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