List of shoguns

This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military commanders,[1] from the establishment of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868.

Asuka period / Heian period (709–1184)

Note: there are different shogun titles. For example Kose no Maro had the title of Mutsu Chintō Shōgun (陸奥鎮東将軍, lit. "Great General of Subduing Mutsu"). Ki no Kosami had the title of Seitō Taishōgun (征東大将軍, lit. "Commander-in-chief for the pacification of the East") [2] in 789 which is less important than Sei-i Taishōgun. Ōtomo no Otomaro was the first person who was granted the title of Seii Taishōgun (征夷大将軍, lit. "Great appeasing general of the barbarians"). Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was the second, and Minamoto no Yoritomo was third person who had the title of Sei-i Taishōgun.

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Shogun from Shogun until
1Kose no Maro
709709
2Tajihi no Agatamori
720721
3Ōtomo no Yakamochi
(c. 718–785)
784785
4Ki no Kosami
788789
5Ōtomo no Otomaro
(731–809)
793794
6Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
(758–811)
797808
7Funya no Watamaro
(765–823)
811816
8Fujiwara no Tadabumi
(873–947)
940940
9Minamoto no Yoshinaka
(1154–1184)
11841184

Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333)

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Shogun from Shogun until
1Minamoto no Yoritomo
(1147–1199)
11921199
2Minamoto no Yoriie
(1182–1204)
12021203
3Minamoto no Sanetomo
(1192–1219)
12031219
4Kujō Yoritsune
(1218–1256)
12261244
5Kujō Yoritsugu
(1239–1256)
12441252
6Prince Munetaka
(1242–1274)
12521266
7Prince Koreyasu
(1264–1326)
12661289
8Prince Hisaaki
(1276–1328)
12891308
9Prince Morikuni
(1301–1333)
13081333

Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Shogun from Shogun until
1Prince Moriyoshi
(1308–1335)
13331333
2Prince Narinaga
(1326 – c. 1337–44)
13351336

Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573)

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Shogun from Shogun until
1Ashikaga Takauji
(1305–1358)
13381358
2Ashikaga Yoshiakira
(1330–1367)
13591367
3Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
(1358–1408)
1369de jure
1395
de facto
1408
4Ashikaga Yoshimochi
(1386–1428)
1395de jure
1423
de facto
1428
5Ashikaga Yoshikazu
(1407–1425)
14231425
6Ashikaga Yoshinori
(1394–1441)
14291441
7Ashikaga Yoshikatsu
(1434–1443)
14421443
8Ashikaga Yoshimasa
(1436–1490)
1449de jure
1474
de facto
1490
9Ashikaga Yoshihisa
(1465–1489)
14741489
10Ashikaga Yoshitane
(1466–1523)
14901493
11Ashikaga Yoshizumi
(1481–1511)
14951508
(10)Ashikaga Yoshitane
(1466–1523)
15081522
12Ashikaga Yoshiharu
(1511–1550)
1522de jure
1547
de facto
1550
13Ashikaga Yoshiteru
(1536–1565)
15471565
14Ashikaga Yoshihide
(1538–1568)
15681568
15Ashikaga Yoshiaki
(1537–1597)
1568deposed
1573
abdicated
1588

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.

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
de facto
shogun from
de facto
shogun until
1Oda Nobunaga
(1535–1582)
1568de jure
1575
de facto
1582
2Oda Nobutada
(1557–1582)
15751582
3Oda Hidenobu
(1580–1605)
15821583
1Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1537–1598)
1585de jure
1592
de facto
1598
2Toyotomi Hidetsugu
(1568–1595)
15921595
3Toyotomi Hideyori
(1593–1615)
1598de jure
1603

From 1598 to 1600, the de facto shogunate was delegated to the Council of Five Elders.

Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868)

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Shogun from Shogun until
1Tokugawa Ieyasu
(1543–1616)
de facto
1600

de jure
1603
de jure
1605
de facto
1616
2Tokugawa Hidetada
(1579–1632)
1605de jure
1623
de facto
1632
3Tokugawa Iemitsu
(1604–1651)
16231651
4Tokugawa Ietsuna
(1641–1680)
16511680
5Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
(1646–1709)
16801709
6Tokugawa Ienobu
(1662–1712)
17091712
7Tokugawa Ietsugu
(1709–1716)
17131716
8Tokugawa Yoshimune
(1684–1751)
1716de jure
1745
de facto
1751
9Tokugawa Ieshige
(1712–1761)
1745de jure
1760
de facto
1761
10Tokugawa Ieharu
(1737–1786)
17601786
11Tokugawa Ienari
(1773–1841)
1787de jure
1837
de facto
1841
12Tokugawa Ieyoshi
(1793–1853)
18371853
13Tokugawa Iesada
(1824–1858)
18531858
14Tokugawa Iemochi
(1846–1866)
18581866
15Tokugawa Yoshinobu
(1837–1913)
18671868

Post-bakufu heads of the Tokugawa clan (1868–present)

In 1882, the head of the Tokugawa clan was given the title of Prince (kōshaku) under the kazoku peerage system and permitted to sit in the House of Peers of the Imperial Diet. Two of them served as President of that body.

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Head from Head until
1Tokugawa Iesato
(1863–1940)[lower-alpha 1]
18681940
2Tokugawa Iemasa
(1884–1963)[lower-alpha 2]
19401963
3Tokugawa Tsunenari
(born 1940)
1963Incumbent

Supreme Commanders for the Allied Powers

The Supreme Commanders were informally known as Gaijin Shōgun (外人将軍) during their tenure.[3]

No. Portrait Supreme Commander for the Allied PowersTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchPresident of the United States
1
MacArthur, DouglasGeneral
Douglas MacArthur
(1880–1964)
15 August 1945[lower-alpha 3]11 April 1951[lower-alpha 4]5 years, 239 days United States ArmyHarry S. Truman
2
Ridgway, MatthewGeneral
Matthew Ridgway
(1895–1993)
11 April 195112 May 1952[lower-alpha 5]1 year, 31 days United States ArmyHarry S. Truman

Notes

  1. Served as President of the House of Peers from 1903 to 1933.
  2. Served as President of the House of Peers from 1946 to 1947.
  3. Assumed command following the surrender of Japan.
  4. Relieved of command by President Truman.
  5. Served until the Treaty of San Francisco came into effect.

See also

References

  1. Britannica – Shogunate
  2. Friday, 2007:108.
  3. Valley, David J. (April 15, 2000). Gaijin Shogun : Gen. Douglas MacArthur Stepfather of Postwar Japan. Title: Sektor Company. ISBN 978-0967817521. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

Bibliography

  • Friday, Karl (2007). The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-76082-X.
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