(2) Yoshitoki 1205-1224
(3) Yasutoki 1224-1242
(4) Tsunetoki 1242-1246
(5) Tokiyori 1246-1256 Retired in 1256, but ruled in camera till 1263
(6) Tokimune 1256-1284
(7) Sadatoki 1284-1301 Retired in 1301, but ruled in camera till 1311
(8) Morotoki 1301-1311
(9) Takatoki 1311-1333
The first six of these were men of genius, but neither Tokimasa nor Yoshitoki can be called really great administrators, if in the science of administration its moral aspects be included. The next four, however, from Yasutoki down to Tokimune, are distinctly entitled to a high place in the pages of history. Throughout the sixty years of their sway (1224-1284), the Japanese nation was governed with justice* and clemency rarely found in the records of any medieval State, and it is a strange fact that Japan's debt to these Hojo rulers remained unrecognized until modern times.
*It is recorded that the first half of every month in Kamakura was devoted to judicial proceedings, and that at the gate of the Record Office there was hung a bell, by striking which a suitor or petitioner could count on immediate attention.