, also known as , was the seventh ''

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'' of the

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.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Koreyasu shinnō" in . He was the nominal ruler controlled by the

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regents. Prince Koreyasu was the son of

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who was the sixth ''shōgun''. * 26 August 1266 ('' Bun'ei 3, 24th day of the 7th month''): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th ''shōgun'' at the age of two when his father was deposed. * 17 July 1287 ('' Kōan 10, 6th day of the 6th month''): The ''shōgun'' was given the offices of Chūnagon and Udaijin in the hierarchy of the Imperial court. * 29 September 1289 ('' Shōō 2, 14th day of the 9th month''): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki (''Sagami-no-Kami'') caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.Titsingh, At age 25, the deposed ''shōgun'' became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Konoe Saiko (b. 1241) * Wife: unknown * Children: ** Prince Hitozumi ** a daughter married Prince Hisaaki (d. 1306) ** Prince Yasutada ** Prince Hitokiyo (1291–1302) ** Prince Hitotada ** Prince Hisazumi * Adopted son: Prince Hisaaki

Eras of Koreyasu's ''bakufu''

The years in which Koreyasu is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one

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or ''

nengō The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...

''. * '' Bun'ei'' (1264–1275) * '' Kenji'' (1275–1278) * '' Kōan'' (1278–1288) * '' Shōō'' (1288–1293)

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Ōdai Ichiran , ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings. According to the 1871 edition of the '' American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...

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