Prince Koreyasu

Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王) (May 26, 1264 – November 25, 1326; reigned 1266–1289) was the seventh shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.^[1] He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.

Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka who was the sixth shōgun.

• 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two when his father was deposed.^[2]
• 1287 (Kōan 10, 6th month): The shōgun was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.^[3]
• 1289 (Shōō 2, 9th month): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (Sagami-no-Kami) caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.^[4]

At age 25, the deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.^[1]

Family

• Father: Prince Munetaka
• Mother: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241)
• Wife: unknown
• Children:
  • Prince Hitozumi
  • a daughter married Prince Hisaaki (d. 1306)
  • Prince Yasutada
  • Prince Hitokiyo (1291–1302)
  • Prince Hitotada
  • Prince Hisazumi
• Adopted son: Prince Hisaaki

Eras of Koreyasu's bakufu

The years in which Koreyasu is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

• Bun'ei (1264–1275)
• Kenji (1275–1278)
• Kōan (1278–1288)
• Shōō (1288–1293)

Notes

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.