Hōjō Yoshitoki

Hōjō Yoshitoki (born 1163, Japan—died July 1, 1224, Kamakura, Japan) was a warrior responsible for the consolidation of the power of the Kamakura shogunate, the military dictatorship that ruled Japan from the city of Kamakura in central Japan (1192–1333). Yoshitoki succeeded his father, Hōjō Tokimasa (q.v.), as regent, making this office the hereditary post of the Hōjō family. Thereafter, although the emperor at Kyōto was the official governmental authority, he ruled through his shogun in...