Minamoto no Yoriie

Reign: 1202 – 1203
Life: 1182–1204

His Dharma name was Hokke-in-dono Kingo Da’i Zengo (法華院殿金吾大禅閤). Life Yoriie was born in Kamakura at the residence of Hiki Yoshikazu . Before his birth, Yoritomo ordered construction of the Dankazura on Wakamiya Ōji at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū to pray for a safe delivery. Council of Thirteen and disputes among retainers In 1199, leading gokenin established a Council of Thirteen to manage petitions and limit unilateral decisions by the young shōgun. On July 22, 1202, he was formally invested as sei-i taishōgun . Hiki, Hōjō struggle and deposition Tensions between Yoriie’s in-laws, the Hiki clan , and his maternal relatives, the Hōjō clan , intensified after he fell seriously ill in 1203.

During Minamoto no Yoriie's reign, John, King of England ruled England, Alfonso VIII of Castile ruled Spain, and Sancho I of Portugal ruled Portugal.

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Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu by Jeffrey P. Mass

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Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu

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Mass on Yoritomo's succession crisis, Yoriie's murder and the fragility of the first bakufu.

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