Hōjō Yasutoki

Hōjō Yasutoki (北条 泰時; 1183 – July 14, 1242) was the third shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He strengthened the political system of the Hōjō regency.

Hōjō Yasutoki
北条 泰時
Shikken
In office
1224–1242
Monarch
ShōgunFujiwara no Yoritsune
RenshoHōjō Tokifusa
Preceded byHōjō Yoshitoki
Succeeded byHōjō Tsunetoki
Personal details
Born1183
Died(1242-07-14)July 14, 1242
Spouse(s)Yabe Zenni
daughter of Abo Sanekazu
Children
MotherAwa no Tsubone
FatherHōjō Yoshitoki

He was the eldest son of second shikken Yoshitoki. According to Azuma Kagami, he was liked by the first shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo. In 1218 he became the chief (bettō) of the military office (samurai-dokoro).

In the Jōkyū War of 1221, he led shogunate forces against the imperial court in Kyoto.[1] After his victory, he remained in Kyoto and set up the Rokuhara Tandai. Yasutoki and his uncle Tokifusa became the first tandai.

When his father Yoshitoki and aunt Hōjō Masako died, he succeeded to become shikken in 1224. He installed Hōjō Tokifusa as the first rensho. In 1225 he created the Hyōjō (評定), the council system of the shogunate. In 1232 he promulgated the Goseibai Shikimoku, the legal code of the shogunate. He has highly praised for his impartial justice.

In 1242 he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Jōshōbō Kan'a (上聖房観阿).

He died in the same year. His grandson Tsunetoki succeeded him to the post of shikken.

References

  1. Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. pp. 380–382. ISBN 0804705232.

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Preceded by
Hōjō Yoshitoki
Hōjō Regent
1224–1242
Succeeded by
Hōjō Tsunetoki
Preceded by
Hōjō Yoshitoki
Tokusō
1224–1242
Succeeded by
Hōjō Tsunetoki
Preceded by
(none)
Rokuhara Tandai (Kitakata)
1221–1224
Succeeded by
Hōjō Tokiuji


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