Hōjō Tokifusa

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Hōjō.

Hōjō Tokifusa (北条時房) (1175 – 1240) was a member of Japan's Hōjō clan of nobles and courtiers; the brother of Hōjō Yoshitoki, shogunal regent, Tokifusa was appointed to the Kyoto-based government post of Rokuhara Tandai upon its creation in 1221, following the Jōkyū War. He served alongside Hōjō Yasutoki.

He later became a Buddhist monk, and lived out the rest of his life at Tō-ji in Nara, where he acquired the nickname "Daibutsu" (Great Buddha).

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• Frederic, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.