was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in .
He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents.
10 May 1252 (Kenchō 4, 1st day of the 4th month): Hōjō Tokiyori and Hōjō Shigetoki sent a representative to imperial capital Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 22 August 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 20th day of the 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shōgun at the age of two.Titsingh,
The deposed shōgun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka poetry.
Family Parents Father: Emperor Go-Saga (, Go-Saga-tennō, April 1, 1220 – March 17, 1272) Mother: Taira no Muneko (d. 1302), Taira no Munemoto's daughterConsorts and issues:
Wife: Konoe Saiko (, b. 1241), daughter of Konoe Kanetsune () Prince Koreyasu (, 26 May 1264 – 25 November 1326), first son Princess Rinshi (, b. 1265), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, first daughter Concubine: Horikawa no Tsubone, daughter of Horikawa Tomomori () Prince Hayata (), second son Princess Mizuko () later Eikamon'in (; 1272–1329), Consort of Emperor Go-Uda, second daughter Eras of Munetaka's bakufu The years in which Munetaka was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō. Kenchō (1249–1257) Kōgen (1256–1257) Shōka (1257–1259) Shōgen (1259–1260) Bun'ō (1260–1261) Kōchō (1261–1264) Bun'ei (1264–1275)
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References Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, . Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.