Prince Munetaka (宗尊親王, Munetaka Shinnō; 15 December 1242 – 2 September 1274) was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.
10 May 1252 (Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to imperial capital Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
22 August 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 20th day of the 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.
The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.
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Family
Parents
Father: Emperor Go-Saga (後嵯峨天皇, Go-Saga-tennō, April 1, 1220 – March 17, 1272)
Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302), Taira no Munemoto's daughterConsorts and issues:
Wife: Konoe Saiko (近衛 宰子, b. 1241), daughter of Konoe Kanetsune (近衛 兼経)
Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王, 26 May 1264 – 25 November 1326), first son
Princess Rinshi (掄子女王, b. 1265), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, first daughter
Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone, daughter of Horikawa Tomomori (堀川具教)
Prince Hayata (早田宮真覚), second son
Princess Mizuko (瑞子女王) later Eikamon'in (永嘉門院; 1272–1329), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, second daughter
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)