Kujō Yoritsugu facts for kids

Kujō Yoritsugu (九条 頼嗣, December 17, 1239 – October 14, 1256; r. 1244–1252), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu (藤原 頼嗣), was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.

The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of 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.
• 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.
• 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoritsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest.
• 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven and she was sixteen.
• September 1, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu's father dies at the age of 38.
• October 14, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu dies at the age of 16.

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)