, also known as Prince Hisaakira, was the 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.

He became shōgun shortly after his thirteenth birthday following the deposition of his predecessor and cousin Prince Koreyasu and was the nominal ruler controlled by Hōjō clan regents. He was the father of his successor, Prince Morikuni.

Prince Hisaaki was the son of Emperor Go-Fukakusa and the younger half-brother of Emperor Fushimi.

Family

  • Father: Emperor Go-Fukakusa
  • Mother: Fujiwara no Fusako
  • Adopted Father: Prince Koreyasu
  • Wife: daughter of Prince Koreyasu (d. 1306)
  • Concubine: Reizei no Tsubone
  • Children:
  • Prince Morikuni by daughter of Prince Koreyasu
  • Prince Hisayoshi (1310–1347) by Reizei no Tsubone
  • Prince Hiroaki (d. 1348)
  • Prince Kiyozumi

Eras of Hisaaki's bakufu

The years in which Hisaaki is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

  • Shōō (1288–1293)
  • Einin (1293–1299)
  • Shōan (1299–1302)
  • Kengen (1302–1303)
  • Kagen (1303–1306)
  • Tokuji (1306–1308)
  • Enkyō (1308–1311)

Notes

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.