Hojo Mitsutoki

Japanese: 北条光時 - ほうじょうみつとき

A military commander in the mid-Kamakura period. Dates of birth and death unknown. The eldest son of Nagoshi Tomotoki. He played an active role as a close attendant to the fourth shogun, Fujiwara no Yoritsune. He became the governor of Echigo and also served as the province's guardian. In 1246 (Kangen 4), when Hojo Tsunetoki died after handing over power to his younger brother Tokiyori, he allied with the former shogun Yoritsune and plotted to remove Tokiyori, but was instead overtaken by the Tokiyori faction, which sided with the powerful vassals, the Miura and Adachi clans. His younger brother Tokiyuki committed suicide, and Mitsutoki became a monk (with the Buddhist name Renchi) and was forced to live in seclusion in Ema, Izu Province (Palace Disturbances). [Aoyama Mikiya]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鎌倉中期の武将。生没年不詳。名越朝時の長男。4代将軍藤原頼経の近習として活躍。越後守となり同国守護を兼ねた。1246年(寛元4)北条経時が弟時頼に執権を譲って死亡するや，前将軍頼経と結んで時頼を除こうと謀ったが，逆に有力御家人三浦･安達氏を味方とした時頼派に先を越され，弟時幸は自殺，光時も出家して(法名蓮智)伊豆国江馬に閑居させられた(宮騒動)。【青山幹哉】

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