regency of the Hōjō clan

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The regency of the Hōjō clan was the hereditary military government in medieval Japan through which the Hōjō family effectively ruled the Kamakura shogunate as de facto leaders while shoguns served largely as figureheads.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf de facto government
hereditary regency
military government
political regime
appliesToJurisdiction Kamakura period
surface form: Kamakura shogunate
basedOn feudal vassalage
warrior code (bushidō precursors)
capital Kamakura
characteristic hereditary succession within Hōjō family
shogun served largely as figurehead
conflictWith Emperor Go-Toba NERFINISHED
imperial loyalists in Jōkyū War
country Japan
deFactoRuler Hōjō clan
endTime 1333
exercisedPowerOver East Japan
surface form: Eastern Japan

imperial court in Kyoto (indirectly)
followed rule of Minamoto no Yoritomo as shogun
governingBody Hōjō clan
governmentType military dictatorship
hasPart council of state
surface form: council of state (hyōjōshū)

military vassal network (gokenin system)
office of shikken
headOfGovernmentTitle shikken
historicalRegion Sagami Province NERFINISHED
implemented legal reforms of Goseibai Shikimoku
languageUsed Japanese
locatedInTime Kamakura period
maintained dual structure of shogunate and imperial court
notableOfficeHolder Hōjō Takatoki
Hōjō Tokimasa
Hōjō Tokimune
Hōjō Tokiyori
Hōjō Yasutoki
Hōjō Yoshitoki
overthrownBy forces of Nitta Yoshisada
supporters of Emperor Go-Daigo
politicalSystem military feudalism
religion Buddhism
Shinto
replacedBy Kenmu Restoration
significantEvent Jōkyū War
Mongol invasions of Japan
fall of Kamakura in 1333
startTime 1203
subordinateTo Kamakura period
surface form: Kamakura shogunate
timePeriod 13th century
early 14th century

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Kamakura period politicalStructure regency of the Hōjō clan
Minamoto no Yoshitsune allegiance regency of the Hōjō clan
this entity surface form: Kamakura shogunate (early period)
Hōjō Tokimasa governed regency of the Hōjō clan
this entity surface form: Kamakura shogunate