Hojo Shigetoki
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Note:There were other Hojo Shigetoki within the ruling family, but with different characters.
(July 11, 1198 – November 26, 1261) was a Japanese samurai
of the Kamakura period
. He was the third Kitakata Rokuhara tandai
, serving from 1230 to 1247. He was also known as . His writings influenced later samurai
philosophy.
(July 11, 1198 – November 26, 1261) was a Japanese samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
of the Kamakura period
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
. He was the third Kitakata Rokuhara tandai
Rokuhara Tandai
was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court. Despite keeping security, they were also a sort of secret police and widely feared.Rokuhara Tandai was...
, serving from 1230 to 1247. He was also known as . His writings influenced later samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
philosophy.