, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu, was the fifth shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

 of the Kamakura shogunate

Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. The Kamakura period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate...

 of Japan

Japan

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. His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune

Kujo Yoritsune

, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune, was the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo...

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Yoritsugu was a member of the great Fujiwara clan. The Kujō family

Kujō family

The Kujō family was a Japanese noble family and a branch of the Fujiwara clan derived from Fujiwara no Tadamichi. They were counted as one of the Sekke, the five regent houses and therefore one of the most politically powerful families among the kuge .As one of the Sekke, the five regent houses,...

 was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of courtiers.

Events of Yoritsugu's bakufu

• 1244 (Kangen
  Kangen
  was a after Ninji and before Hoji. This period spanned the years from February 1243 to February 1247. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:; 1243: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
   2): In the spring of this year, a number of extraordinary phenomena in the skies over Kamakura troubled Yoritsune deeply.
• 1244 (Kangen 2, 4th month): Yoritsune's son, Yoritsugu, had his coming-of-age ceremonies at age 6. In the same month, Yoritsune asked Emperor Go-Saga for permission to give up his responsibilities as shogun in favor of his son, Kujō Yoritsugu.
• 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoshitsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest.
• 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsune's son, now Shogun Yoritsugu (who is only 7 years old) marries the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki
  Hojo Tsunetoki
  Hōjō Tsunetoki was the fourth Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate. He was son of Hōjō Tokiuji and of a former wife of Adachi Kagemori, elder brother of Hōjō Tokiyori and grandson of Hōjō Yasutoki. He ruled from 1242 to 1246 and founded Kōmyō-ji in Zaimokuza. He is buried within the temple.-...
  
   (who is himself only 16 years old).

• September 1, 1256 (Kōgen
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   1, 11th day of the 8th month): Kujō Yoritsune, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsune, died at the age of 39 years.
• October 14, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsune's son and successor as Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsugu, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsugu, died at the age of 18 years.

Eras of Yoritsugu's bakufu

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

• Kangen
  Kangen
  was a after Ninji and before Hoji. This period spanned the years from February 1243 to February 1247. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:; 1243: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  (1243–1247)
• Hōji
  Hoji
  was a after Kangen and before Kenchō. This period spanned the years from February 1247 to March 1249. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1247 ; 1247: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  (1247–1249)
• Kenchō
  Kencho
  was a after Hōji and before Kōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1249 to October 1256. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:...
  
  (1249–1257)