Hōjō Tokimune, regent of Japan (born 1251)

Hōjō Tokimune

Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan

Hōjō Tokimune of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism. He was the second son of Tokiyori, fifth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate. From birth,…