(July 11, 1198 – November 26, 1261) was a Japanese
samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
of the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
. He was the third Kitakata
Rokuhara tandai
was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency, the , kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court. Despite keeping security, the Rokuhara we ...
, serving from 1230 to 1247. He was also known as . His writings influenced later
samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
philosophy.
References
*Stenstrup, Carl (1979). ''Hōjō Shigetoki, 1198-1261, and His Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan''. (London: Curzon Press).
Samurai
1198 births
1261 deaths
Shigetoki
People of Kamakura-period Japan
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