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Yoshitoki died in July [[1224]] and his passing inspired a conspiracy by the [[Iga family]], who hoped to use the powerful [[Miura Yoshimura]] to topple the Hôjô and replace them in Kamakura. Masako learned of the threat and personally rushed to see Yoshimura, extracting a promise that he would stand by the Hôjô, effectively derailing the conspiracy before it had begun. Her brother Yasutoki safely assumed the regency, and the following year she died at the age of 69.  

Yoshitoki died in July [[1224]] and his passing inspired a conspiracy by the [[Iga family]], who hoped to use the powerful [[Miura Yoshimura]] to topple the Hôjô and replace them in Kamakura. Masako learned of the threat and personally rushed to see Yoshimura, extracting a promise that he would stand by the Hôjô, effectively derailing the conspiracy before it had begun. Her brother Yasutoki safely assumed the regency, and the following year she died at the age of 69.  

Masako was a remarkable figure and such was her political ability and sway in Kamakura that she was given the nickname of 'ama-shôgun', or the nun-shôgun.

Masako was a remarkable figure and such was her political ability and sway in Kamakura that she was given the nickname of 'ama-shôgun', or the nun-shôgun. The ''[[Kamakura nendaiki]]'' in fact indicates her name in its list of shoguns, ruling from [[1219]] until her death in [[1225]], during what would otherwise be rendered a multi-year period with no shogun at all, until [[Kujo Yoritsune|Kujô Yoritsune]] came to Kamakura from Kyoto in [[1226]] to assume the title.

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