Prince Munetaka
Prince Munetaka was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.10 May 1252 : Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō [Shigetoki (born 1198)|Hōjō Shigetoki] sent a representative to imperial capital Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.22 August 1266 : Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.
The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.
Family
Parents- Father: Emperor Go-Saga
- Mother: Taira no Muneko, Taira no Munemoto's daughter
- Wife: Konoe Saiko, daughter of Konoe Kanetsune
- *Prince Koreyasu, first son
- *Princess Rinshi, Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, first daughter
- Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone, daughter of Horikawa Tomomori
- *Prince Hayata, second son
- *Princess Mizuko later Eikamon'in, Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, second daughter
Eras of Munetaka's ''bakufu''
The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one Japanese [era names|era name] or nengō.Kenchō Kōgen Shōka Shōgen Bun'ō Kōchō- ''Bun'ei''