Kujo Yoritsune

Kujō Yoritsune (九条 頼経) (February 12, 1218–September 1, 1256) was the fourth shogun (r. 1226–1244) of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujo Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. He was born in the year (according to Chinese astrology) of the tiger, in the month of the tiger,　on the day of the tiger, and so his given name at birth was Mitora (三寅), "Triple Tiger."

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February 12 - 1218 - September 1 - 1256 - Shogun - 1226 - 1244 - Kamakura shogunate - Japan - Kanpaku - Kujo Michiie - Minamoto no Yoritomo - Chinese astrology - Tiger

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Kujō Yoritsune is also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune, the Kujō family having been one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of courtiers.

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Fujiwara - Kujō family

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At the age of seven, in 1226, Yoritsune became Seii Taishōgun in a political deal between his father and the shogunate regent Hōjō Yoshitoki and Hōjō Masako who set him up as a puppet shogun.

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''Seii Taishōgun'' - Shogunate - Regent - Hōjō Yoshitoki - Hōjō Masako

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In 1244, he relinquished the position of shogun to his son Kujō Yoritsugu. In the next year, he became a Buddhist priest.

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Kujō Yoritsugu - Buddhist

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