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Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, – August 16, ) was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period..
Hōjō Masako
Japanese politician
In this Japanese name, the surname is Hōjō.
Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, – August 16, ) was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period, which was reflected by her contemporary sobriquet of the "nun shogun".
The Japanese by Christopher Harding, review — an impressive history Hojo Masako, “the nun shogun”, who outmanoeuvred the bellicose power.
She was the wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and mother of Minamoto no Yoriie and Minamoto no Sanetomo, the first, second and third shoguns of the Kamakura shogunate, respectively. She was the eldest daughter of Hōjō Tokimasa and sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki, both of them shikken of the Kamakura shogunate.[1]
Early life and marriage (–)
Hōjō Masako (her real name is unknown, she was called Masako after her father's name Tokimasa by later researchers)[citation needed] was born in , eldest child of Hōjō Tokimasa, leader of the influential Hōjō clan of Izu province, and his wife, Hōjō no Maki.
Masako's parents were still in their teens, so she was raised by many ladies-in-