Prince Morikuni facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prince Morikuni 守邦親王
Shōgun
In office	June 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333
Predecessor	Prince Hisaaki
Successor	Prince Moriyoshi
Monarch	Hanazono Go-Daigo
Shikken	Hōjō Morotoki Hōjō Munenobu Hōjō Hirotoki Hōjō Mototoki Hōjō Takatoki Hōjō Sadaaki Hōjō Moritoki
Born	19 June 1301 Kamakura, Japan
Died	25 September 1333(1333-09-25) (aged 32) Kamakura, Japan
Father	Prince Hisaaki
Mother	daughter of Prince Koreyasu
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Prince Morikuni (守邦親王, Morikuni Shinnō, 1301–1333; r. June 19, 1308 – September 25, 1333) was the ninth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.

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. 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 Kenmu Restoration.

Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

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

Pre-Nanboku-chō court

• Enkyō (1308–1311)
• Ōchō (1311–1312)
• Shōwa (1312–1317)
• Bunpō (1317–1319)
• Gen'ō (1319–1321)
• Genkō (1321–1324)
• Shōchū (1324–1326)
• Karyaku(1326–1329)
• Gentoku (1329–1331)
• Genkō (1331–1334)

Nanboku-chō southern court

• Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

Nanboku-chō northern Court

• Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Shōkei (1332–1338)