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This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators,{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/541431/shogunate|title=Shogun|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=10 June 2022}} from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868.{{efn|name=Shogunate end|The Tokugawa shogunate came to its official end on 9 November 1867, when Tokugawa Yoshinobu "put his prerogatives at the Emperor's disposal" and resigned 10 days later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Meiji-Restoration|title=Meiji Restoration {{!}} Definition, History, & Facts|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-08-21}} This was effectively the "restoration" (Taisei Hōkan) of imperial rule – although Yoshinobu still had significant influence and it was not until 3 January 1868, with the Emperor's edict, that the Meiji Restoration fully occurred."One can date the 'restoration' of imperial rule from the edict of 3 January 1868." Jansen (2000), p. 334. On that day, the Emperor stripped Yoshinobu of all power and made a formal declaration of the restoration of his power.Quoted and translated in A Diplomat In Japan, Sir Ernest Satow, p. 353, {{ISBN|978-1-933330-16-7}}}}

Asuka / Heian periods (709–1184)

{{Main|Asuka period|Heian period}}

Note: there are different shogun titles. For example, Kose no Maro had the title of {{nihongo|Mutsu Chintō Shōgun|陸奥鎮東将軍|extra=lit. "Great General of Subduing Mutsu"}}. Ki no Kosami had the title of {{nihongo|Seitō Taishōgun|征東大将軍|extra=lit. "Commander-in-chief for the pacification of the East"}} 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 {{nihongo|Seii Taishōgun|征夷大将軍|extra=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.

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1

| 80px

| Kose no Maro

| colspan="2"|709

2

| 80px

| Tajihi no Agatamori

| 720

| 721

3

| 80px

| Ōtomo no Yakamochi
{{small|({{circa}} 718–785)}}

| 784

| 785

4

| 80px

| Ki no Kosami

| 788

| 789

5

| 80px

| Ōtomo no Otomaro
{{small|(731–809)}}

| 793

| 794

6

| 80px

| Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
{{small|(758–811)}}

| 797

| 808

7

| 80px

| Funya no Watamaro
{{small|(765–823)}}

| 811

| 816

8

| 80px

| Fujiwara no Tadabumi
{{small|(873–947)}}

| colspan="2"|940

9

| 80px

| Minamoto no Yoshinaka
{{small|(1154–1184)}}

| colspan="2"|1184

Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333)

{{Main|Kamakura shogunate}}

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| 80px

| Minamoto no Yoritomo
{{small|(1147–1199)}}

| 1192

| 1199

2

| 80px

| Minamoto no Yoriie
{{small|(1182–1204)}}

| 1202

| 1203

3

| 80px

| Minamoto no Sanetomo
{{small|(1192–1219)}}

| 1203

| 1219

4

| 80px

| Kujō Yoritsune
{{small|(1218–1256)}}

| 1226

| 1244

5

| 80px

| Kujō Yoritsugu
{{small|(1239–1256)}}

| 1244

| 1252

6

| 80px

| Prince Munetaka
{{small|(1242–1274)}}

| 1252

| 1266

7

| 80px

| Prince Koreyasu
{{small|(1264–1326)}}

| 1266

| 1289

8

| 80px

| Prince Hisaaki
{{small|(1276–1328)}}

| 1289

| 1308

9

| 80px

| Prince Morikuni
{{small|(1301–1333)}}

| 1308

| 1333

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Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)

{{Main|Kenmu Restoration}}

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| 80px

| Prince Moriyoshi
{{small|(1308–1335)}}

| colspan="2"|1333

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| 80px

| Prince Narinaga
{{small|(1326 – {{Circa|1337–44}})}}

| 1335

| 1336

Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573)

{{Main|Ashikaga shogunate}}

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| 80px

| Ashikaga Takauji
{{small|(1305–1358)}}

| 1338

| 1358

2

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshiakira
{{small|(1330–1367)}}

| 1359

| 1367

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| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
{{small|(1358–1408)}}

| rowspan="2"|1369

| de jure
1395

de facto
1408
rowspan="2"|4

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Ashikaga Yoshimochi
{{small|(1386–1428)}}

| rowspan="2"|1395

| de jure
1423

de facto
1428
5

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshikazu
{{small|(1407–1425)}}

| 1423

| 1425

6

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshinori
{{small|(1394–1441)}}

| 1429

| 1441

7

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshikatsu
{{small|(1434–1443)}}

| 1442

| 1443

rowspan="2"|8

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Ashikaga Yoshimasa
{{small|(1436–1490)}}

| rowspan="2"|1449

| de jure
1474

de facto
1490
9

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshihisa
{{small|(1465–1489)}}

| 1474

| 1489

10

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshitane
{{small|(1466–1523)}}

| 1490

| 1493

11

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshizumi
{{small|(1481–1511)}}

| 1495

| 1508

(10)

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshitane
{{small|(1466–1523)}}

| 1508

| 1522

rowspan="2"|12

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Ashikaga Yoshiharu
{{small|(1511–1550)}}

| rowspan="2"|1522

| de jure
1547

de facto
1550
13

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshiteru
{{small|(1536–1565)}}

| 1547

| 1565

14

| 80px

| Ashikaga Yoshihide
{{small|(1538–1568)}}

| colspan="2"|1568

rowspan="2"|15

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Ashikaga Yoshiaki
{{small|(1537–1597)}}

| rowspan="2"|1568

| deposed
1573

abdicated
1588

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Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)

{{Main|Azuchi–Momoyama period}}

The following were military dictators of Japan, de facto shoguns{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} from 1568 to 1598. They unified the country, which at the start were a chaotic patchwork of warring clans.

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| rowspan="2"|Oda Nobunaga
{{small|(1535–1582)}}

| rowspan="2"|1568

| de jure
1575

de facto
1582
2

| 80px

| Oda Nobutada
{{small|(1557–1582)}}

| 1575

| 1582

3

| 80px

| Oda Hidenobu
{{small|(1580–1605)}}

| 1582

| 1583

rowspan="2"|1

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Toyotomi Hideyoshi
{{small|(1537–1598)}}

| rowspan="2"|1585

| de jure
1592

de facto
1598
2

| 80px

| Toyotomi Hidetsugu
{{small|(1568–1595)}}

| 1592

| 1595

3

| 80px

| Toyotomi Hideyori
{{small|(1593–1615)}}

| 1598

| de jure
1603

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

Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868)

{{Main|Tokugawa shogunate}}

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| rowspan="2"|Tokugawa Ieyasu
{{small|(1543–1616)}}

| de facto
1600

| de jure
1605

de jure
1603

| de facto
1616

rowspan="2"|2

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Tokugawa Hidetada
{{small|(1579–1632)}}

| rowspan="2"|1605

| de jure
1623

de facto
1632
3

| 80px

| Tokugawa Iemitsu
{{small|(1604–1651)}}

| 1623

| 1651

4

| 80px

| Tokugawa Ietsuna
{{small|(1641–1680)}}

| 1651

| 1680

5

| 80px

| Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
{{small|(1646–1709)}}

| 1680

| 1709

6

| 80px

| Tokugawa Ienobu
{{small|(1662–1712)}}

| 1709

| 1712

7

| 80px

| Tokugawa Ietsugu
{{small|(1709–1716)}}

| 1713

| 1716

rowspan="2"|8

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Tokugawa Yoshimune
{{small|(1684–1751)}}

| rowspan="2"|1716

| de jure
1745

de facto
1751
rowspan="2"|9

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Tokugawa Ieshige
{{small|(1712–1761)}}

| rowspan="2"|1745

| de jure
1760

de facto
1761
10

| 80px

| Tokugawa Ieharu
{{small|(1737–1786)}}

| 1760

| 1786

rowspan="2"|11

| rowspan="2"|80px

| rowspan="2"|Tokugawa Ienari
{{small|(1773–1841)}}

| rowspan="2"|1787

| de jure
1837

de facto
1841
12

| 80px

| Tokugawa Ieyoshi
{{small|(1793–1853)}}

| 1837

| 1853

13

| 80px

| Tokugawa Iesada
{{small|(1824–1858)}}

| 1853

| 1858

14

| 80px

| Tokugawa Iemochi
{{small|(1846–1866)}}

| 1858

| 1866

15

| 80px

| Tokugawa Yoshinobu
{{small|(1837–1913)}}

| 1866

| 1867{{efn|name=Shogunate end}}

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Notes

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See also

References

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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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