Background
His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune.
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His father was the 4th Kamakura shogun, Kujō Yoritsune.
The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of courtiers. 1244 (Kangen 2): In the spring of this year, a number of extraordinary phenomena in the skies over Kamakura troubled Yoritsugu"s father Yoritsune deeply. 1244 (Kangen 2, 4th month): Yoritsugu had his coming-of-age ceremonies at age 6.
In the same month, his father asked Emperor Go-Saga for permission to give up his responsibilities as shogun in favor of Yoritsugu.
1246 (Kangen 4, 7th month): Yoritsugu married the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki. He was seven and she was sixteen.
September 1, 1256 (Kōgeneral 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Yoritsugu"s father died at age 39. October 14, 1256 (Kōgeneral 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsugu died at the age of 18 years.
The years in which Yoritsugu was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
Kangen (1243–1247)
Hōji (1247–1249)
Kenchō (1249–1257).
Kamakura shogunate]
Yoritsugu was a member of the great Fujiwara clan.