was the ninth and last shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.

He was a son of the eighth shōgun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura shogunate's shikken or chief minister and tokusō of Hōjō clan (de facto ruler of Japan). His mother was daughter of Prince Koreyasu who died in 1306.

After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.

The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the short-lived Kenmu Restoration.

Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

The years in which Morikuni was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

:Pre-Nanboku-chō court

  • Enkyō (1308–1311)
  • Ōchō (1311–1312)
  • Shōwa (1312–1317)
  • Bunpō (1317–1319)
  • Gen'ō (1319–1321)
  • Genkō (1321–1324)
  • Shōchū (1324–1326)
  • Karyaku (1326–1329)
  • Gentoku (1329–1331)
  • Genkō (1331–1334)

:Nanboku-chō southern court

  • Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

:Nanboku-chō northern Court

  • Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Shōkei (1332–1338)

Notes

References

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