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Prince Morikuni 守邦親王 | |
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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 Kamakura, Japan | (aged 32)
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 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.