Prince Munetaka (December 15, 1242 – September 2, 1274) 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...

 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 who reigned (1252–1266).

He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga

Emperor Go-Saga

Emperor Go-Saga was the 88th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

 and replaced the deposed Kujō Yoritsugu

Kujo Yoritsugu

, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu, was the fifth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune.Yoritsugu was a member of the great Fujiwara clan...

 as 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...

 at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler

Puppet ruler

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 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.

• 1252 (Kenchō
  Kencho
  was a after Hōji and before Kōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1249 to October 1256. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:...
  
   4, 2nd month): Hōjō Tokiyori
  Hojo Tokiyori
  Hōjō Tokiyori was the fifth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He was born to Hōjō Tokiuji and a daughter of Adachi Kagemori....
  
   and Hōjō Shigetoki
  Hojo Shigetoki
  Note:There were other Hojo Shigetoki within the ruling family, but with different characters. 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...
  
   sent a representative to Kyoto to accompany Munetaka to Kamakura where he would be installed as shogun.
• 1266 (Bun'ei 3, 7th month): Munetaka was deposed, and his son Koreyasu
  Prince Koreyasu
  Prince Koreyasu was the seventh shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. He was the nominal ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regents....
  
   was installed as the 7th shogun at the age of two.

The deposed shogun became a Buddhist monk in 1272. His priestly name was Gyōshō. He was a writer of Waka

Waka (poetry)

Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...

 poetry.

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
  Kencho
  was a after Hōji and before Kōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1249 to October 1256. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:...
  
  (1249–1257)
• Kōgen
  Kogen
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  (1256–1257)
• Shōka
  Shoka
  was a after Kōgen and before Shōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1257 to March 1259. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:...
  
  (1257–1259)
• Shōgen
  Shogen
  was a after Shōka and before Bun'ō. This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:* 1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  (1259–1260)
• Bun'ō (1260–1261)
• Kōchō
  Kocho
  was a after Bun'ō and before Bun'ei. This period spanned the years from February 1261 to February 1264. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:; 1261: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  (1261–1264)
• Bun'ei (1264–1275)