Kujō Yoritsugu (九条 頼嗣, 17 December 1239 – 14 October 1256; r. 1244–1252), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsugu (藤原 頼嗣), was the fifth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.
His father was the 4th Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsune.
[1] The Kujō family was one of the five branches of the historically powerful Fujiwara clan of imperial courtiers.
The years in which Yoritsugu was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
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