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Prince Morikuni

Prince Morikuni
守邦親王
Shōgun
In office26 August 1308 – 4 July 1333
PredecessorPrince Hisaaki
SuccessorPrince Moriyoshi
MonarchHanazono
Go-Daigo
ShikkenHōjō Morotoki
Hōjō Munenobu
Hōjō Hirotoki
Hōjō Mototoki
Hōjō Takatoki
Hōjō Sadaaki
Hōjō Moritoki
Born19 June 1301
Kamakura, Japan
Died25 September 1333(1333-09-25) (aged 32)
Kamakura, Japan
FatherPrince Hisaaki
Motherdaughter of Prince Koreyasu
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Prince Morikuni (守邦親王, Morikuni Shinnō, 19 June 1301 – 25 September 1333; r. 1308–1333) was the ninth and last 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 and tokusō of Hōjō clan (de facto ruler of Japan).[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 short-lived Kenmu Restoration.

  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

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