Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Shikken

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Shikken

執権
alternative words: Hojo regency
keywords: shogun , title
related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Minamoto no Yoritomo , Hojoshi , Hojo Tokimune
explanation: Post created by Minamoto no Yoritomo of Kamakura shogunate as an attendant of Shogun in order to supervise military and judicial matters. Once the children of Yoritomo succeeded him, this post became another power pole of the shogunate and replaced the power of Shogun himself. This post was traditionally inherited by Hojo family because Yoritomo got married with a girl of this family, Hojo Masako. The post was suppressed with the fall of Kamakura shogunate in 1333.