John A. Harrison
Contributor
LOCATION: Gainesville, FL, United States
Emeritus Professor of History, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Editor, The Journal of Asian Studies, 1969–72. Author of New Light on Early and Medieval Japanese History.
Primary Contributions (1)
Hōjō Family, family of hereditary regents to the shogunate of Japan who exercised actual rule from 1199 to 1333. During that period, nine successive members of the family held the regency. The Hōjō took their name from their small estate in the Kanogawa Valley in Izu Province. Hōjō Tokimasa…
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