Kujō Yoritsugu

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Kujō Yoritsugu ( Japanese 九 条 頼 嗣 ; * December 17, 1239 ; † October 14, 1256 ) ruled from 1244 to 1252 as the 5th Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate in Japan . His father was the 4th Shogun Kujō Yoritsune . His mother was the daughter of Fujiwara no Chikayoshi.

He was installed as a shogun by Hōjō Tokiyori at the age of six, as his father became too strong as a puppet regent for the Hōjō clan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 九 条 頼 嗣 . In: デ ジ タ ル 大 辞 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 22, 2011 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Kujō Yoritsugu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 九 条 頼 嗣 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Shogun
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1239
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1256