Prince Morikuni (1301–1333; r. June 19, 1308–September 25, 1333) was the ninth 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

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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He was a son of the eighth Shogun Prince Hisaaki

Prince Hisaaki

Prince Hisaaki was the eighth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.He was the nominal ruler controlled by Hōjō clan regents...

 and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa

Emperor Go-Fukakusa

was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260....

. He was also a puppet ruler

Puppet ruler

A puppet ruler is a person who has a title indicating possession of political power, but who, in reality, is controlled by outside individuals or forces. Such outside power can be exercised by a foreign government, in which case the puppet ruler's domain is called a puppet state...

 controlled by Hōjō Takatoki

Hojo Takatoki

Hōjō Takatoki was the last Tokuso and ruling Shikken of Japan's Kamakura shogunate; the latter ones were his puppets, a member of the Hōjō clan, he was the son of Hōjō Sadatoki, and was preceded as shikken by Hōjō Morotoki.Takatoki became regent at the age of eight, and thus actual power was...

, who was the shogunate's shikken or chief minister.

After the collapse of the Kamakura bakufu, he became a Buddhist priest. He died shortly afterwards.

The Kamakura shogunate was succeeded by the Kemmu Restoration

Kemmu restoration

The is the name given to both the three year period of Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, and the political events that took place in it...

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Eras of Morikuni's bakufu

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

Pre-Nanboku-chō court

• The disruption which was to come was an unimagined future.
  • Enkyō (1308–1311)
  • Ōchō
    Ocho
    was a after Enkyō and before Shōwa. This period spanned the years from April 1311 through February 1312. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events...
    
    (1311–1312)
  • Shōwa
    Showa (first)
    was a after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events...
    
    (1312–1317)
  • Bumpō
    Bumpo
    , also romanized as Bumpō, was a after Shōwa and before Gen'ō. This period spanned the years from February 1317 to April 1319. The reigning Emperors were and .-Change of era:...
    
    (1317–1319)
  • Gen'ō
    Gen'o
    was a after Shōwa and before Genkō. This period spanned the years from April 1319 through February 1321. The reigning Emperor was .-Change of era:...
    
    (1319–1321)
  • Genkō (1321–1324)
  • Shōchū
    Shochu (era)
    was a after Genkō and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326. The reigning Emperor was .-Change of era:* 1324 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events...
    
    (1324–1326)
  • Karyaku
    Karyaku
    , also romanized as Kareki, was a after Shōchū and before Gentoku. This period spanned the years from April 1326 through August 1329. The reigning Emperor was .-Change of era:...
    
    (1326–1329)
  • Gentoku
    Gentoku
    was a Japanese era name after Karyaku and before Genkō. This period spanned the years from August 1329 through April 1331 in the Southern Court, but continued to be used in the Northern Court until 1332. The reigning Emperor was .-Change of era:...
    
    (1329–1331)
  • Genkō (1331–1334)

Nanboku-chō southern court

• Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

Nanboku-chō northern Court

• Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Shōkei
    Shokei
    was a relative to Honganji Kennyo, and the administrator of Ganshō-ji. In the battle between Shōe and Oda Nobunaga, Shōe even sent out Nobunaga's brother Oda Nobuoki to take his own life. In the face of many fierce attacks, he finally accepted defeat and committed suicide....
    
    (1332–1338)