Prince Morikuni

Prince Morikuni (守邦親王, Morikuni Shinnō; 19 June 1301 – 25 September 1333; r. 1308–1333) was the ninth and last shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.^[1]

Prince Morikuni 守邦親王
Shōgun
In office	26 August 1308 – 4 July 1333
Predecessor	Prince Hisaaki
Successor	Prince Moriyoshi
Monarch	Hanazono Go-Daigo
Shikken	Hōjō Morotoki Hōjō Munenobu Hōjō Hirotoki Hōjō Mototoki Hōjō Takatoki Hōjō Sadaaki Hōjō Moritoki
Born	19 June 1301 Kamakura, Japan
Died	25 September 1333(1333-09-25) (aged 32) Kamakura, Japan
Father	Prince Hisaaki
Mother	daughter of Prince Koreyasu
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He was a son of the eighth shōgun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura shogunate's shikken or chief minister and tokusō of Hōjō clan (de facto ruler of Japan).^[2] His mother was daughter of Prince Koreyasu who died in 1306.

After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.

The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the short-lived Kenmu Restoration.

Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

The years in which Morikuni was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.^[3]

Pre-Nanboku-chō court

• Enkyō (1308–1311)
• Ōchō (1311–1312)
• Shōwa (1312–1317)
• Bunpō (1317–1319)
• Gen'ō (1319–1321)
• Genkō (1321–1324)
• Shōchū (1324–1326)
• Karyaku (1326–1329)
• Gentoku (1329–1331)
• Genkō (1331–1334)

Nanboku-chō southern court

• Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

Nanboku-chō northern Court

• Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Shōkei (1332–1338)