Kujō Yoritsugu

Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox officeholder Template:Nihongo, also known as Template:Nihongo, was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoritsugu" in Template:Google books.</ref>

The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of imperial courtiers.

Family

• Father: Kujō Yoritsune
• Mother: Omiya no Kata
• Wife: Hiwadahime (1230–1247)

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.<ref name="titsingh247">Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Template:Google books</ref>Template:Better source
• 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 shōgun in favor of Yoritsugu.<ref name="titsingh247"/>Template:Better source
• 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoritsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest.<ref name="titsingh247"/>Template:Better source
• 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven, and she was sixteen.<ref name="titsingh247"/>Template:Better source
• 1 September 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu's father dies at the age of 38.<ref name="titsingh252">Titsingh, Template:Google books</ref>Template:Better source
• 14 October 1256 (Kōgen 1, 25th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu dies at the age of 16.<ref name="titsingh252"/>Template:Better source

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)

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; 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.