He praised Minamoto no Sanetomo, the third Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, who was a disciple of Fujiwara Teika and composed waka in a style much like that in the Man ' yōshū.

He was succeeded by his sons Yoriie and Sanetomo, and this place remained the seat of the government for 46 years until 1225, when his wife Hōjō Masako died.

Yoritomo's second son and third shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo spent most of his life staying out of politics and writing good poetry, but was nonetheless assassinated in February 1219 by his nephew Kugyō under the giant ginkgo tree that still stands at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū.

Tōgō was born on 27 January 1848 ( by the Western calendar ) in the Kajiya-chō ( 加治屋町 ） district of the city of Kagoshima in Satsuma domain ( modern-day Kagoshima prefecture ), in feudal Japan, the third of four sons of Tōgō Sanetomo ( 1805-1867 ), a samurai serving the Shimazu daimyo, and Hori Masuko ( 1812-1901 ).

When Yoriie later himself had an heir, Ichiman, the child was also born at the Hiki mansion from Hiki's daughter Wakasa no Tsubone, a fact which further consolidating an already strong emotional bond From this relationship Hiki gained considerable influence when Yoriie became shogun, raising the hostility of Hōjō Tokimasa, who was instead close to Yoriie's younger brother Senman ( future third shogun Sanetomo ), and was in his turn trying to leverage that relationship for political advantage.

Yoriie was succeeded by his younger brother Sanetomo, the last of the Seiwa Genji line to rule, at least nominally, over Kamakura.

Second son Yoshinari, the only one of the three to reach adulthood, was forced to become a bonze and in 1219 murdered his uncle Sanetomo on the stone stairs at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in the shogunal capital of Kamakura, an act for which he was himself slain on the same day.

Minamoto no Sanetomo ( 源 実朝, September 17, 1192 – February 13, 1219, r. 1203 – 1219 ) was the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate Sanetomo was the second son of the founder of the Kamakura shogunate Minamoto no Yoritomo, his mother was Hōjō Masako, and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie.

Shortly thereafter in 1203, Sanetomo became head of the Minamoto clan and was appointed Seii Taishogun.

Sanetomo was never anything more than a puppet for his mother Hōjō Masako, who used him as a pawn in her war with Tokimasa-Tokimasa would try to depose his grandson a number of times, beginning in 1205, causing Sanetomo to fear for his life the rest of his days.

The tree survives near the spot where Sanetomo was ambushed and killed.

Under heavy snow on the evening of February 12, 1219 ( Jōkyū 1, 26th day of the 1st month ), Sanetomo was coming down from the Senior Shrine at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū after assisting to a ceremony celebrating his nomination to Udaijin.

Minamoto no Sanetomo was succeeded by Kujō Yoritsune as fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.

Though Chōmei states in Hōjōki that he never left his dwelling, a separate account states that he made a trip to Kamakura to visit the shogun and poet Minamoto no Sanetomo.

* Minamoto no Sanetomo, a poet of the 13th Century, to whom the fictional Kito's Hekiraku is compared ( ch. 7 )

Sanetomo, understanding his own powerlessness in comparison to the Hōjō and not wanting to meet the same fate as his brother, put all of his time and energy into writing poetry and gaining posts within the powerless but honorary imperial court.

* 1213 ( Kempo 1, 11th month ): Fujiwara no Teika, also known as Fujiwara no Sadeie offered a collection of 8th century poems to Shogun Sanetomo.

In 1203, the 21-year-old Yoriie became extremely ill and weak, and Tokimasa produced a plan whereby Japan would be divided between Minamoto no Sanetomo and Minamoto no Ichiman, Yoriie's son, and very close to the Hōjō, who was planning to become the next shogun.

* September 17 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun ( d. 1219 )

Masako's brother, Hōjō no Yoshitoki, had succeeded as shikken for Shogun Sanetomo, while Masako was in a powerful position as a negotiator with the court.

Hiki suggested to Yoriie, who would be assassinated shortly afterwards by a separate faction ( the Hōjō clan, that they arrange to have Sanetomo killed.

The years in which Sanetomo was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

* 1203: Yoritomo's successor as head of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto no Yoriie, was assassinated ; and former emperor Go-Toba was responsible for good relations with the shogunate when it was headed by Minamoto no Sanetomo from 1203 through 1219.

In 1203, Masako's other son by Yoritomo, Minamoto no Sanetomo, became the third shogun with Tokimasa as regent.

In 1218, she was sent by Regent Yoshitoki to ask Cloistered Emperor Go-Toba if Shogun Sanetomo could adopt one of his sons, such as Imperial Prince Nagahito as an heir.

Shogun Sanetomo was executed by his nephew, the younger son of Minamoto no Yoriie, who later was caught by Hōjō troops and himself executed.

In 1219, Shogun Sanetomo was assassinated by his nephew, the late Yoriie's son, who was later murdered himself.

In 1192, after the birth of Yoritomo's and Masako's second son, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Minamoto no Yoritomo was granted the title of shogun by Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who died later that year.

He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, Hōjō Yoshitoki, who became regent for Shogun Sanetomo and thus the second Hōjō shikken.

* Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Udaijin of Japan.

* February 13 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun ( b. 1192 )

* Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate

* Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203-1219

Seriously ill, Yoriie proposed to name both his younger brother Sanetomo, and his young son ( Hiki's grandson ) Minamoto no Ichiman to succeed him ; the two would split power, governing separate parts of the country.

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