Prince Munetaka

Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王) (December 15, 1242 – September 2, 1274) was the sixth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned (1252–1266).

He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Kujō Yoritsugu as shogun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.


 * 1252 (Kenchō 4, 2nd month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
 * 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two.

The deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.

Eras of Munetaka's bakufu
The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
 * Kenchō     (1249–1257)
 * Kōgen (1256–1257)
 * Shōka       (1257–1259)
 * Shōgen     (1259–1260)
 * Bun'ō (1260–1261)
 * Kōchō      (1261–1264)
 * Bun'ei     (1264–1275)