Background
Yasutoki Hōjō was born in 1138 in Kamakura. He was the eldest son of Hojo Yoshitoki.
北条 泰時
Yasutoki Hōjō was born in 1138 in Kamakura. He was the eldest son of Hojo Yoshitoki.
With the death of his father in 1224, he replaced him in office to become the third shikken, or regent, of the Kamakura shogunate and the actual wielder of authority in the government.
Yasutoki was a devout Buddhist, expressing particular admiration for the religious leader Myoe of the Kozan-ji in Kyoto and founding a number of temples.