nagatoki

Updated: July 9, 2026

A zealous believer, from his youth upwards, in the doctrines of the Zen sect of Buddhism, he built a temple called Saimyo-ji among the hills of Kamakura, and retired thither to tend his health entrusting the office of shikken to a relative, Nagatoki, as his own son, Tokimune, was still of tender age but continuing himself to administer military and judicial affairs, especially when any criminal or civil case of a complicated or difficult nature occurred.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era