List of shoguns

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This article is a listing of all the shoguns of Japan .

Shogun (dt. Schogun ) was until 1867 a high Japanese military title for leaders from the warrior nobility of the samurai , who had in fact taken power in Japan for a long time .

Shoguns of the Nara period and the Heian period (709–1184)

Surname Life dates Term of office
1. Kose no Maro 709-709
2. Tajinohi no Agatamori 720-721
3. Ōtomo no Yakamochi circa 718-785 784-785
4. Ki no Kosami 788-789
5. Ōtomo no Otomaro 731-809 793-794
6. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 758-811 797-808
7. Funya no Watamaro 765-823 811-816
8. Fujiwara no Tadabumi 873-947 940

Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333)

After the Gempei War (1180–1185), the samurai of the Kamakura region had effectively taken power in Japan. The Shikken ( 執 権 ) was the regent for the Shogun and thus in turn de facto ruler of the Shogunate. The post was in the monopoly of the Hōjō clan.

Surname Life dates Reign
1. Minamoto no Yoritomo 1147-1199 1192-1199
2. Minamoto no Yoriie 1182-1204 1202-1203
3. Minamoto no Sanetomo 1192-1219 1203-1219
4. Kujō Yoritsune 1218-1256 1226-1244
5. Kujō Yoritsugu 1239-1256 1244-1252
6. Prince Munetaka 1242-1274 1252-1266
7. Prince Koreyasu 1264-1326 1266-1289
8. Prince Hisaaki 1276-1328 1289-1308
9. Prince Morikuni 1301-1333 1308-1333

Kemmu restoration (1333–1336)

The Tennō Go-Daigo (1288-1339) tried to overthrow the Shogunate in 1333 and begin with a restoration of imperial power (the Kemmu Restoration ).

Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (1338–1573)

Surname Life dates Reign
1. Ashikaga Takauji 1305-1358 1338-1358
2. Ashikaga Yoshiakira 1330-1367 1359-1367
3. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 1358-1408 1368-1394
4. Ashikaga Yoshimochi 1386-1428 1395-1423
5. Ashikaga Yoshikazu 1407-1425 1423-1425
6. Ashikaga Yoshinori 1394-1441 1429-1441
7. Ashikaga Yoshikatsu 1434-1443 1442-1443
8. Ashikaga Yoshimasa 1436-1490 1449-1473
9. Ashikaga Yoshihisa 1465-1489 1474-1489
10. Ashikaga Yoshitane 1465-1522 1490-1493, 1508-1521
11. Ashikaga Yoshizumi 1478-1511 1494-1508
12. Ashikaga Yoshiharu 1511-1550 1521-1546
13. Ashikaga Yoshiteru 1536-1565 1546-1565
14. Ashikaga Yoshihide 1538-1568 1568
15. Ashikaga Yoshiaki 1537-1597 1568-1573

Azuchi Momoyama Period (1573–1603)

Oda Nobunaga overthrew Ashikaga Shogunate in 1573. Toyotomi Hideyoshi reformed the empire in favor of the samurai.

Tokugawa or Edo Shogunate (1603-1867)

The Tokugawa founded the Edo Shogunate (1603-1867). Under the third Tokugawa Shogun, the office of Tairo was created, who originally served as Chairman of the Council ( rōjū ). In later times it developed into a regent position for the Shogun. After 1648, the office was only filled in times of crisis. The Tokugawa shogunate was overthrown when, with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the Japanese turned back to the Tennō , the emperor, as ruler.

Surname Life dates Reign
1. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543-1616 1603-1605
2. Tokugawa Hidetada 1579-1632 1605-1623
3. Tokugawa Iemitsu 1604-1651 1623-1651
4. Tokugawa Ietsuna 1641-1680 1651-1680
5. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 1646-1709 1680-1709
6. Tokugawa Ienobu 1662-1712 1709-1712
7. Tokugawa Ietsugu 1709-1716 1713-1716
8. Tokugawa Yoshimune 1684-1751 1716-1745
9. Tokugawa Ieshige 1712-1761 1745-1760
10. Tokugawa Ieharu 1737-1786 1760-1786
11. Tokugawa Ienari 1773-1841 1787-1837
12. Tokugawa Ieyoshi 1793-1853 1837-1853
13. Tokugawa Iesada 1824-1858 1853-1858
14. Tokugawa Iemochi 1846-1866 1858-1866
15. Tokugawa Yoshinobu 1837-1913 1866-1867

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