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[[Image:Hojo-yagura.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The site where Takatoki and a number of others committed suicide in [[1333]] (''Hôjô Takatoki Harakiri [[Yagura]]''), a short distance from the grave of [[Shogun]] [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], in [[Kamakura]].]]
*''Died: [[1333]]/5/22''
*''Japanese'': [[北条]]高時 ''(houjou takatoki)''
Hôjô Takatoki was the last of the [[Hojo clan (Hojo Regents)|Hôjô clan regents]] (''[[shikken]]''), who was forced to commit suicide during the [[1333]] [[Siege of Kamakura|fall of Kamakura]] to pro-Imperial forces led by [[Nitta Yoshisada]] on behalf of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]].
Takatoki became regent in [[1316]].
The site where Takatoki and other members of the Hôjô clan killed themselves can still be found today, a few tens of meters from the grave of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], but Takatoki was afterwards entombed at the [[Zen]] temple [[Engaku-ji]] founded by his grandfather [[Hojo Tokimune|Hôjô Tokimune]].
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[[Category:Kamakura Period]][[Category:Samurai]]
*''Died: [[1333]]/5/22''
*''Japanese'': [[北条]]高時 ''(houjou takatoki)''
Hôjô Takatoki was the last of the [[Hojo clan (Hojo Regents)|Hôjô clan regents]] (''[[shikken]]''), who was forced to commit suicide during the [[1333]] [[Siege of Kamakura|fall of Kamakura]] to pro-Imperial forces led by [[Nitta Yoshisada]] on behalf of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]].
Takatoki became regent in [[1316]].
The site where Takatoki and other members of the Hôjô clan killed themselves can still be found today, a few tens of meters from the grave of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], but Takatoki was afterwards entombed at the [[Zen]] temple [[Engaku-ji]] founded by his grandfather [[Hojo Tokimune|Hôjô Tokimune]].
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[[Category:Kamakura Period]][[Category:Samurai]]