The was the assistant to the ''

shikken The was a titular post held by a member of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, and so he was head of the ''bakufu'' (shogunate). It was part of the era referred to as . During rou ...

'' (

regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state ''pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy, ...

) of the

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yo ...

in Japan.Iwanami Kōjien, "Rensho" The rensho placed his signature next to that of the ''shikken'' on official orders. In 1224 the third ''shikken'' Hōjō Yasutoki appointed Hōjō Tokifusa as the first ''rensho''. From then on, the ''rensho'' was chosen from influential members of the

Hōjō clan The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period ...

, 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'' # Hōjō Tokifusa (r. 1225–1240) # Hōjō Shigetoki (北条重時) (r. 1247–1256) # Hōjō Masamura (r. 1256–1264) #

Hōjō Tokimune of the Hōjō clan was the eighth '' shikken'' (officially regent of the shōgun, but ''de facto'' ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and ...

(r. 1264–1268) # Hōjō Masamura (r. 1268–1273) #

Hōjō Yoshimasa ( – January 8, 1282) was a ''rensho'' of the Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

(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 was the 12th '' rensho'' (1315–1326) and 15th ''shikken'' (19 April 1326 – 29 April 1326) of the Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. ...

(r. 1315–1326) # Hōjō Koresada (r. 1326–1327) # Hōjō Shigetoki (北条茂時) (r. 1330–1333)

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* Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 5th Edition (2000), CD version {{Authority control Government of feudal Japan

List of Rensho

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