Prince Dōjonyūdō (道助入道親王, ''Dōjonyūdō shinnō'', 1196-1249) was a ''

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'' poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early

Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...

. He was a son of

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. Prince Dōjonyūdō is designated as a member of the .

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1196 births 1249 deaths 13th-century Japanese poets Shingon Buddhist monks Buddhist clergy of the Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monarchs {{japan-writer-stub