Prince Munetaka

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.[1]

Prince Munetaka
宗尊親王
Shōgun
In office10 May 1252 – 22 August 1266
PredecessorFujiwara no Yoritsugu
SuccessorPrince Koreyasu
MonarchGo-Fukakusa
Kameyama
ShikkenHōjō Tokiyori
Hōjō Nagatoki
Hōjō Masamura
Born15 December 1242
Heian-kyō, Japan
Died2 September 1274(1274-09-02) (aged 31)
Heian-kyō, Japan
SpousesKonoe Saishi
daughter of Horikawa Tomonori
IssuePrince Koreyasu
Princess Rinshi
Shingaku, Prince Hayata
Princess Zuishi
FatherEmperor Go-Saga
MotherTaira no Muneko

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.[2]
  • 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.[3]

The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō.[1] He was a writer of Waka poetry.

Family
  • Father: Emperor Go-Saga
  • Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302)
  • Wife: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241)
  • Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone
  • Children:

Eras of Munetaka's bakufu

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

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 666, p. 666, at Google Books.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 251., p. 251, at Google Books
  3. Titsingh, p. 256., p. 256, 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
Kujō Yoritsugu		 Shōgun:
Prince Munetaka
1252–1266		 Succeeded by
Prince Koreyasu
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