, also known as , was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoritsugu" in .
The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of imperial courtiers.
Family Father: Kujō Yoritsune Mother: Omiya no Kata Wife: Hiwadahime (1230–1247)
Events of Yoritsugu shogunate 1244 (Kangen 2): In the spring of this year, a number of extraordinary phenomena in the skies over Kamakura troubled Yoritsugu's father Yoritsune deeply.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 1244 (Kangen 2, 4th month): Yoritsugu had his coming-of-age ceremonies at age 6. In the same month, his father asked Emperor Go-Saga for permission to give up his responsibilities as shōgun in favor of Yoritsugu. 1245 (Kangen 3, 7th month): Yoritsune shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest. 1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven, and she was sixteen. 1 September 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu's father dies at the age of 38.Titsingh, 14 October 1256 (Kōgen 1, 25th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu dies at the age of 16.
Eras of Yoritsugu's shogunate The years in which Yoritsugu was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō. Kangen (1243–1247) Hōji (1247–1249) Kenchō (1249–1257)
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References Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, . Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.