Hōjō Tokiyori

Hōjō Tokiyori (Japanese北 条 时 頼; * 1227, † 1263 ) reigned from 1246 to 1256 as the fifth Shikken ( regent ) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He was the son of Hōjō Tokiuji and a daughter of Adachi Kagemori.

Tokiyori was after the death of his brother, Hōjō Tsunetoki to Shikken. Immediately after taking office, he smashed an attempted coup by the former Shogun Kujo Yoritsune and Tokiyoris relatives Nagoe mitsutoki. The following year he left Adachi Kagemori destroy the mighty Miura clan in the Battle of Hochi. He called the experienced brother of his grandfather Hōjō Shigetoki from Kyoto back and appointed him Rensho. In 1252 he replaced the Shogun Kujo Yoritsugu by Prince Munetaka. He consolidated his power base so successfully.

He was praised for its good government. He worked on reforms, mainly through the abolition of various regulations. He reduced the Gokenin the service in the protection of Kyoto. He worked on the solution to the increasing Dispute his vassals to lands. In 1249 he introduces the legal system Hikitsuke.

In 1252 he began to make policy on private meeting at his residence, rather than to discuss them in Hyōjō (评定), the Council of the shogunate. In 1256 he became a Buddhist priest and handed the position of Shikken to Hōjō Nagatoki, a son of Shigetoki while Tokiyoris underage son Hōjō Tokimune succeeded as TOKUSO, as the head of the Hōjō clan. Tokiyori ruled - though without any official position - further de facto. This marks the beginning of the dictatorship of the TOKUSO.

There are a number of legends, according to which Tokiyori Japan traveled to observe the actual conditions and improve life.

• Samurai
• Regent (Japan)
• Born in 1227
• Died in 1263
• Man