The Rensho (連署, "co-signatory") was the assistant to the shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in medieval Japan.[1]
The rensho placed his signature next to that of the shikken on official orders.[1] In 1224 the third shikken Hōjō Yasutoki appointed Hōjō Tokifusa as the first rensho.[1] From then on, the rensho was chosen from influential members of the Hōjō clan,[1] but not from the main line of the clan (tokusō), with the one exception of Tokimune, who temporarily occupied the position from 1264 to 1268.
List of Rensho
editNote: There are three Hōjō Shigetoki's, all different people
- Hōjō Tokifusa (r. 1225–1240)
- Hōjō Shigetoki (北条重時) (r. 1247–1256)
- Hōjō Masamura (r. 1256–1264)
- Hōjō Tokimune (r. 1264–1268)
- Hōjō Masamura (r. 1268–1273)
- Hōjō Yoshimasa (r. 1273–1277)
- Hōjō Shigetoki (北条業時) (r. 1283–1287)
- Hōjō Nobutoki aka Osaragi Nobutoki (r. 1287–1301)
- Hōjō Tokimura (r. 1301–1305)
- Hōjō Munenobu aka Osaragi Munenobu (r. 1305–1311)
- Hōjō Hirotoki (r. 1311–1312)
- Hōjō Sadaaki (r. 1315–1326)
- Hōjō Koresada (r. 1326–1327)
- Hōjō Shigetoki (北条茂時) (r. 1330–1333)
See also
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editReferences
edit- Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 5th Edition (2000), CD version