Prince Koreyasu (May 26, 1264 – November 25, 1326; reigned 1266–1289) was the seventh shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

 of the Kamakura shogunate

Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. The Kamakura period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate...

 of Japan

Japan

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. He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan

Hojo clan

See the late Hōjō clan for the Hōjō clan of the Sengoku Period.The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken of the Kamakura Shogunate. In practice, the family had actual governmental power, many times dictatorial, rather than Kamakura shoguns, or the...

 regents.

Prince Koreyasu was the son of Prince Munetaka

Prince Munetaka

Prince Munetaka was the sixth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned .He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Kujō Yoritsugu as shogun at the age of ten...

 who was the sixth shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

.

• 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Koreyasu was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two when his father was deposed.
• 1287 (Kōan 10, 6th month): The shogun was given the offices of Chūnagon
  Chunagon
  was a counselor of the second rank in the Imperial court of Japan. The role dates from the 7th century.The role was eliminated from the Imperial hierarchy in 701, but it was re-established in 705...
  
   and Udaijin
  Udaijin
  Udaijin , most commonly translated as the "Minister of the Right", was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the Udaijin in the context of a central...
  
   in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.
• 1289 (Shōō 2, 9th month): A revolt led by Hōjō Sadatoki
  Hojo Sadatoki
  was the ninth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate , and Tokuso from his appointment as regent until his death....
  
   (Sagami-no-Kami) caused Koreyasu to flee to Kyoto.

At age 25, the deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk. His priestly name was Ono-no miya.

Eras of Koreyasu's bakufu

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

• Bun'ei (1264–1275)
• Kenji
  Kenji (Japanese era)
  is a which followed Bun'ei and preceded Kōan. This period spanned the years from April 1275 to February 1278. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1275 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  (1275–1278)
• Kōan (1278–1288)
• Shōō (1288–1293)