The 執権 was the regent for the shogun in the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. The post was monopolized by the Hōjō clan. Hōjō Tokimasa, who was the father-in-law of the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo, became the first shikken in 1203. The shikken was the chief of the mandokoro at that time. Replacing the second shogun Minamoto no Yoriie with...
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(from the article `Hj Family`) ...collectors (jit) in each province. These appointees were responsible to the Samurai dokoro, or private military staff of the shogun, at Kamakura. ... ...passed into the hands of the Hj family, from which Yoritomo`s wife, Masako, had come. In 1203 Hj Tokimasa, Masako`s father, assumed the position ... ...
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Regency; term given for the Hojo
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