Fujiwara no Yoritsugu - Fujiwara no Yoritsugu

Japanese: 藤原頼嗣 - ふじわらのよりつぐ

Year of death: 1256.10.14 (9.25.1256)
Year of birth: En'o 1.11.21 (1239.12.17)
The fifth Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate. Son of Fujiwara no Yoritsune and Fujiwara no Chikayoshi's daughter, Omiyada. In 1244 (Kangen 2), at the age of just six, he was forced by the regent Hojo Tsunetoki to take over the position of Shogun from his father Yoritsune. He remained in Kamakura as Shogun even after Yoritsune was banished to Kyoto in 1251 (Kencho 3), but Yoritsune was suspected of being involved in a rebellion by Ryogyo Hoshi and others, and this was used as an excuse to banish Yoritsune to Kyoto the following year (Kencho 4). Even at a young age, Yoritsune was caught up in the struggle for leadership within the Shogunate. <References> Ueyokote Masataka, "Kamakura Period Political History Research"

(Shinichiro Takahashi)

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Japanese:

没年：康元1.9.25(1256.10.14)
生年：延応1.11.21(1239.12.17)
鎌倉幕府の第5代将軍。藤原頼経と藤原親能の娘・大宮殿の子。寛元2(1244)年に,執権・北条経時の強制により,父・頼経から,わずか6歳にして将軍職を譲られた。頼経が同4年に京都へ追放されたのちも,将軍として鎌倉にとどまるが,建長3(1251)年に了行法師らの謀反事件に頼経が関係した疑いが持たれ,これにかこつけた形で頼嗣も翌建長4年に京都へ追放された。幼少の身で幕府の主導権争いに巻き込まれた一生であった。<参考文献>上横手雅敬『鎌倉時代政治史研究』

(高橋慎一朗)

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