Rensho Explained

The was the assistant to the shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in 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

Note: There are three Hōjō Shigetoki's, all different people

1. Hōjō Tokifusa (r. 1225 - 1240)
2. Hōjō Shigetoki (北条重時) (r. 1247 - 1256)
3. Hōjō Masamura (r. 1256 - 1264)
4. Hōjō Tokimune (r. 1264 - 1268)
5. Hōjō Masamura (r. 1268 - 1273)
6. Hōjō Yoshimasa (r. 1273 - 1277)
7. Hōjō Shigetoki (北条業時) (r. 1283 - 1287)
8. Hōjō Nobutoki aka Osaragi Nobutoki (r. 1287 - 1301)
9. Hōjō Tokimura (r. 1301 - 1305)
10. Hōjō Munenobu aka Osaragi Munenobu (r. 1305 - 1311)
11. Hōjō Hirotoki (r. 1311 - 1312)
12. Hōjō Sadaaki (r. 1315 - 1326)
13. Hōjō Koresada (r. 1326 - 1327)
14. Hōjō Shigetoki (北条茂時) (r. 1330 - 1333)

See also

• Shikken
• Tokusō
• Rokuhara Tandai

Notes

1. Iwanami Kōjien, "Rensho"

References

• Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 5th Edition (2000), CD version