was the post of the chiefs of the

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...

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whose agency, the , kept responsibility for security in

Kinai is a Japanese term denoting an ancient division of the country. ''Kinai'' is a name for the ancient provinces around the capital Nara and Heian-kyō. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kinai''" in . The five provinces were called ''go-kinai' ...

and judicial affairs on western

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, and negotiated with the imperial court. Despite keeping security, the Rokuhara were also a sort of

secret police Secret police (or political police) are intelligence, security or police agencies that engage in covert operations against a government's political, religious, or social opponents and dissidents. Secret police organizations are characteristic ...

and widely feared.森幸夫『六波羅探題の研究』（続群書類従完成会、2005年4月） Rokuhara Tandai was set up after the Jōkyū Incident in 1221. The two chiefs were called and . Kitakata was higher-ranking than Minamikata. Like ''

shikken The was a titular post held by a member of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, and so he was head of the ''bakufu'' (shogunate). It was part of the era referred to as . During ro ...

'' and '' rensho'', both posts were monopolized by the

Hōjō clan The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period ...

. The agency was destroyed with the fall of Kamakura shogunate in 1333.

List of Rokuhara Tandai

Kitakata

Hōjō Yasutoki Hōjō Yasutoki (; 1183 – July 14, 1242) was the third '' shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He strengthened the political system of the Hōjō regency. Life He was the eldest son of second ''shikken'' Hōjō Yoshitoki. A ...

(r. 1221–1224) #

Hōjō Tokiuji was a son of Yasutoki and the father of Tsunetoki and Tokiyori. Tokiuji was expected to be the future shikken (regent) by his father, but he lost his health while he served as the Rokuhara Tandai (Kitakata) in Kyoto. His wife Matsushita Zenni ...

(r. 1224–1230) # Hōjō Shigetoki (r. 1230–1247) #

Hōjō Nagatoki Hōjō Nagatoki (, 1227–1264) was the sixth ''Shikken'' (1256–1264) of the Kamakura Bakufu The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005) ...

(r. 1247–1256) #

Hōjō Tokimochi Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1256–1270) #

Hōjō Yoshimune Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1271–1276) # Hōjō Tokimura (r. 1277–1287) #

Hōjō Kanetoki Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1287–1293) #

Hōjō Hisatoki Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1293–1297) #

Hōjō Munekata Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1297–1300) # Hōjō Mototoki (r. 1301–1303) #

Hōjō Tokinori Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1303–1307) # Hōjō Sadaaki (r. 1311–1314) # Hōjō Tokiatsu (r. 1315–1320) #

Hōjō Norisada Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1321–1330) # Hōjō Nakatoki (r. 1330–1333)

Minamikata

Hōjō Tokifusa was a member of Japan's Hōjō clan of nobles and courtiers; the brother of Hōjō Yoshitoki, shogunal regent, Tokifusa was appointed to the Kyoto-based government post of ''Rokuhara Tandai'' upon its creation in 1221, following the Jōkyū War. ...

(r. 1221–1225) #

Hōjō Tokimori Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1224–1242) # Hōjō Tokisuke (r. 1264–1272) # Hōjō Tokikuni (r. 1277–1284) #

(r. 1284–1287) #

Hōjō Morifusa Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1288–1297) #

Hōjō Munenobu was the eleventh ''Shikken'' (1311–1312) of the Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedi ...

(r. 1297–1302) # Hōjō Sadaaki (r. 1302–1308) #

Hōjō Sadafusa Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

(r. 1308–1309) # Hōjō Tokiatsu (r. 1311–1315) #

Hōjō Koresada was a ''rensho'' of the Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura ...

(r. 1315–1324) #

Hōjō Sadayuki Hōjō Sadayuki (北条貞将, 1302 – July 4, 1333) was a Japanese samurai lord of the late Heian period. He was the son and heir apparent of Hōjō Sadaaki, the 15th ''Shikken'' of the Kamakura Shogunate. There is a theory that he was the 17th ...

(r. 1324–1330) # Hōjō Tokimasu (r. 1330–1333)

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