Prince Hisaaki (久明親王, Hisaaki Shinnō, October 19, 1276 – November 16, 1328; r. 1289–1308), also known as Prince Hisaakira, was the 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1]

Prince Hisaaki
久明親王
Shōgun
In office1289 – 1308
PredecessorPrince Koreyasu
SuccessorPrince Morikuni
MonarchFushimi
Go-Fushimi
Go-Nijō
ShikkenHōjō Sadatoki
Hōjō Morotoki
Born19 October 1276
Heian-kyō, Japan
Died16 November 1328(1328-11-16) (aged 52)
Heian-kyō, Japan
Spousesdaughter of Prince Koreyasu
daughter of Reizei Tamesuke
IssuePrince Morikuni
Prince Hisanaga
Prince Hisaaki
Shōe
FatherEmperor Go-Fukakusa
MotherSanjō Fusako
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He 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.[2]

Family

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Eras of Hisaaki's bakufu

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hisaakira Shinnō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 321, p. 3210, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 270., p. 270, at Google Books

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; 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.
Preceded by Shōgun:
Prince Hisaaki

1289–1308
Succeeded by