
Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu
Jeffrey P. Mass
Sanetomo as poet-shogun, the Hōjō regency and assassination at Tsurugaoka.

The most notable rulers who held power elsewhere at the same time, from European courts to Ottoman, Mughal, and Chinese thrones.

John, King of England
England
1203–1216

Alfonso VIII of Castile
Spain
1203–1214

Peter II of Aragon
Spain
1203–1213

Philip II of France
France
1203–1219

Emperor Ningzong of Song
China
1203–1219

Sancho I of Portugal
Portugal
1203–1211

James I of Aragon
Spain
1213–1219

Afonso II of Portugal
Portugal
1211–1219

Erik Knutsson
Sweden
1208–1216

Theodore I Laskaris
Rome
1205–1219

Henry I of Castile
Spain
1214–1217

Pope Innocent III
Papacy
1203–1216

Ferdinand III of Castille
Spain
1217–1219

William the Lion
Scotland
1203–1214

Johan Sverkersson
Sweden
1216–1219

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Empire
1209–1218

Emperor Tsuchimikado
Japan
1203–1210

Emperor Juntoku
Japan
1210–1219
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin
China
1203–1209
Emperor Xuanzong of Jin
China
1213–1219
Alexander II of Scotland
Scotland
1214–1219

Henry III of England
England
1216–1219
Wanyan Yongji
China
1209–1213

Sverker II of Sweden
Sweden
1203–1208

Isaac II Angelos
Rome
1203–1204

Constantine Laskaris
Rome
1204–1205

Pope Honorius III
Papacy
1216–1219
Nicholas Laskaris
Rome
1208–1210
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Well-regarded biographies and histories to go deeper on Minamoto no Sanetomo's life and times.

Jeffrey P. Mass
Sanetomo as poet-shogun, the Hōjō regency and assassination at Tsurugaoka.
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