This article is a list of
shogun
, officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...
s that ruled
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
intermittently, as hereditary
military dictators,
from the beginning of the
Asuka period in 709 until the end of the
Tokugawa shogunate in 1868.
Asuka / Heian periods (709–1184)
Note: there are different shogun titles. For example, Kose no Maro had the title of .
Ki no Kosami had the title of
[Friday, 2007:108.] in 789 which is less important than ''Sei-i Taishōgun''.
Ōtomo no Otomaro was the first person who was granted the title of .
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was the second, and
Minamoto no Yoritomo was third person who had the title of ''Sei-i Taishōgun''.
Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333)
Timeline
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from:1192 till:1199 color:PA text:"Yoritomo
was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Minamoto no Yoriie" in . He was the husband of Hōjō Masako who acted as regent (''shikken'') after hi ...
(1192–1199)"
from:1202 till:1203 color:PA text:" Yoriie (1202–1203)"
from:1203 till:1219 color:PA text:" Sanetomo (1203–1219)"
from:1226 till:1244 color:PA text:" Yoritsune (1226–1244)"
from:1244 till:1252 color:PA text:" Yoritsugu (1244–1252)"
from:1252 till:1266 color:PA text:" Munetaka (1252–1266)"
from:1266 till:1289 color:PA text:" Koreyasu (1266–1289)"
from:1289 till:1308 color:PA text:" Hisaaki (1289–1308)"
from:1308 till:1333 color:PA text:" Morikuni (1308–1333)"
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Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)
Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573)
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from:1338 till:1358 color:PA text:"Takauji Takauji (written: 尊氏 or 高氏) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* (1305–1358), Japanese shōgun
* (1306–1373), Japanese samurai
{{given name
Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names< ...
(1338–1358)"
from:1358 till:1367 color:PA text:" Yoshiakira (1358–1367)"
from:1368 till:1394 color:PA text:" Yoshimitsu (1368–1394)"
from:1394 till:1423 color:PA text:" Yoshimochi (1394–1423)"
from:1423 till:1425 color:PA text:"Yoshikazu
Yoshikazu is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yoshikazu can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義一, "justice, 1"
*義和, "justice, harmony"
*吉一, "good luck, 1"
*吉和, ...
(1423–1425)"
from:1429 till:1441 color:PA text:" Yoshinori (1429–1441)"
from:1442 till:1443 color:PA text:" Yoshikatsu (1442–1443)"
from:1449 till:1473 color:PA text:" Yoshimasa (1449–1473)"
from:1473 till:1489 color:PA text:" Yoshihisa (1473–1489)"
from:1490 till:1493 color:PA text:" Yoshitane (1490–1493)"
from:1494 till:1508 color:PA text:" Yoshizumi (1494–1508)"
from:1508 till:1521 color:PA text:" Yoshitane (1508–1521)"
from:1521 till:1546 color:PA text:" Yoshiharu (1521–1546)"
from:1546 till:1565 color:PA text:" Yoshiteru (1546–1565)"
from:1568 till:1568 color:PA text:"Yoshihide
Yoshihide is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yoshihide can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義英, "justice, hero"
*義秀, "justice, excellence"
*義日出, "justice, ...
(1568)"
from:1568 till:1573 color:PA text:"Yoshiaki
Yoshiaki is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yoshiaki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義明, "justice, bright"
*義昭, "justice, bright"
*義章, "justice, chapte ...
(1568–1573)"
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Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)
The following were military dictators of Japan, ''de facto'' shoguns from 1568 to 1598. They unified the country, which at the start were a chaotic patchwork of warring clans.
From 1598 to 1600, the ''de facto'' shogunate was delegated to the
Council of Five Elders
The Council of Five Elders (Japanese: :jp:五大老, 五大老, ''Go-Tairō'') was a group of five powerful feudal lords (Japanese: 大名, ''Daimyō'') formed in 1598 by the Regent (Japanese: 太閤 ''Sesshō and Kampaku, Taikō'') Toyotomi Hideyo ...
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Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868)
Timeline
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from: 1603 till: 1605 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ieyasu"
from: 1605 till: 1623 color:h text:" Tokugawa Hidetada"
from: 1623 till: 1651 color:h text:" Tokugawa Iemitsu"
from: 1651 till: 1680 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ietsuna"
from: 1680 till: 1709 color:h text:" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi"
from: 1709 till: 1712 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ienobu"
from: 1713 till: 1716 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ietsugu"
from: 1716 till: 1745 color:h text:" Tokugawa Yoshimune"
from: 1745 till: 1760 color:h text:"Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige; 徳川 家重 (January 28, 1712 – July 13, 1761) was the ninth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
The first son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, his mother was the daughter of Ōkubo Tadanao, known as Osuma no kata. ...
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from: 1760 till: 1786 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ieharu"
from: 1787 till: 1837 color:h text:" Tokugawa Ienari"
from: 1837 till: 1853 color:h text:"Tokugawa Ieyoshi
was the 12th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991) ''Early Modern Japan',' p. 21./ref>
Biography
Ieyoshi was born as the second son of the 11th ''shōgun'', Tokugawa Ienari and named Toshijirō (敏 ...
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from: 1853 till: 1858 color:h text:" Tokugawa Iesada"
from: 1858 till: 1866 color:h text:" Tokugawa Iemochi"
from: 1866 till: 1867 color:h text:"Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned of his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming ...
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Notes
See also
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Emperor of Japan
**
List of emperors of Japan
*
History of Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inven ...
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Daimyo
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally ...
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Han system
**
Abolition of the han system
The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (, ''daimyō'', feudal lords) ...
References
Bibliography
*
Friday, Karl (2007). The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado. John Wiley and Sons. .
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