Hojo Takatoki ( 北 条 高 時 ho: jo: takatoki , January 9, 1304 - July 4, 1333 ) is a Japanese military and statesman of the Kamakura period , the 14th Shikken and the actual ruler of Japan (1316-1326).
| Hojo Takatoki | |
|---|---|
| jap. 北 条 高 時 | |
 Portrait of Hojo Takatoki | |
| Years of life | |
| Period | Kamakura |
| Date of Birth | January 9, 1304 |
| Place of Birth | Kamakura |
| Date of death | July 4, 1333 (aged 29) |
| Place of death | Kamakura |
| The names | |
| Baby name | Narukotobuki |
| Buddhist name | Takashi Akira |
| Posts | |
| Shogunate | Kamakura |
| Titles | Japan's 14th Shikken |
| Years of rule | 1316 - 1326 |
| Suzerain | Prince morikuni |
| Family and relatives | |
| Kind | Hojo |
| Father | Hojo Sadatoki |
| Mother | Kakunai Enzo |
| Successor | Hojo Sadaaki |
| Wives | |
| Legal wife | representative of the Adati clan |
| Concubines | Tokiva |
| Children | |
| Foster sons | 2 sons (Hojo Kunitoki and Hojo Tokiyuki) |
Biography
Representative of the Hojo clan . The third son of Hojo Sadatoka (1271–1311), Japan’s 9th Shikken in 1284–1301.
Hojo Takatoki was born in 1304 in the city of Kamakura , the capital of the shogunate . In 1309, the ceremony of his coming of age took place, which meant the opportunity to hold public office. After the death of his father in 1311, Hojo Takatoki inherited the title " tokuso " (the head of the Hojo family), but this was a formality. Takatoki did not receive the title of Shikken from his infancy. Only in 1316, Takatoki was proclaimed the new Shikken of Japan under the tutelage of his grandmother Adati Tokiaki and Minister Nagasaki Takasuke . However, Takatoki could not fulfill his duties due to poor health. In 1318 and 1319, Hojo Takatoki paid great attention to conflicts between religious sects.
In 1324, the emperor Go-Daigo (1318–1339) began to prepare for the overthrow of the Kamakura shogunate. In 1326, Hojo Takatoki, due to poor health, resigned as a Shikken in favor of his relative Hojo Sadaaki (1278–1333), but remained the head of the Hojo clan. After the abdication, Hojo Takatoki became a Buddhist monk . In 1331, he called on the Shikken Hojo Moritoka (1326–1333) to oppose the Hino clan, which supported Emperor Go-Daigo . At the same time, the emperor began a rebellion against the shogun . Rod Hojo was able to suppress this rebellion, and Emperor Go-Daigo was sent into exile. In 1333, Hojo Takatoki supported the candidacy of Asikag Takaudzi in the fight against the troops of Emperor Go-Daigo, who fled from the island of Oka. But Asikaga Takauji betrayed the Hojo clan and moved to the city of Kamakura , the capital of the shogunate . During the battle for the city of Hojo, Takatoki committed suicide. His eldest son, Hojo Kunitoki, died during the siege of Kamakura, and the youngest son, Hojo Tokiyuki , fled and later rebelled against the Asikaga clan, but was defeated and also died in 1353 .
Sources
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Sansom, George (1961). “A History of Japan: 1334-1615.” Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Links
- Hojo // Encyclopedia of Japan . Date of treatment December 31, 2010. Archived May 11, 2012.