List of shoguns

This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868.Template:Efn

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 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.

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Shogun from	Shogun until
1	File:Kose no Maro.jpg	Kose no Maro	709
2	File:Imperial Seal of Japan.svg	Tajihi no Agatamori	720	721
3	File:Sanjūrokkasen-gaku - 5 - Kanō Tan’yū - Chūnagon Yakamochi.jpg	Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718–785)	784	785
4	File:Imperial Seal of Japan.svg	Ki no Kosami	788	789
5	File:Imperial Seal of Japan.svg	Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809)	793	794
6	File:Sakanoue Tamuramaro sw.jpg	Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758–811)	797	808
7	File:Fun'ya no Watamaro.jpg	Funya no Watamaro (765–823)	811	816
8	File:藤原忠文.jpg	Fujiwara no Tadabumi (873–947)	940
9	File:Minamoto no Yoshinaka.jpg	Minamoto no Yoshinaka (1154–1184)	1184

Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Shogun from	Shogun until
1	File:Minamoto no Yoritomo.jpg	Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199)	1192	1199
2	File:Minamoto no Yoriie.jpg	Minamoto no Yoriie (1182–1204)	1202	1203
3	File:Minamoto no Sanetomo.jpg	Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192–1219)	1203	1219
4	File:Kujō Yoritsune.jpg	Kujō Yoritsune (1218–1256)	1226	1244
5	File:Sasa Rindo.svg	Kujō Yoritsugu (1239–1256)	1244	1252
6	File:Sasa Rindo.svg	Prince Munetaka (1242–1274)	1252	1266
7	File:Sasa Rindo.svg	Prince Koreyasu (1264–1326)	1266	1289
8	File:Sasa Rindo.svg	Prince Hisaaki (1276–1328)	1289	1308
9	File:Sasa Rindo.svg	Prince Morikuni (1301–1333)	1308	1333

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Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Shogun from	Shogun until
1	File:護良親王.jpg	Prince Moriyoshi (1308–1335)	1333
2	File:Imperial Seal of Japan.svg	Prince Narinaga (1326 – c. 1337–44)	1335	1336

Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Shogun from	Shogun until
1	File:Ashikaga Takauji Jōdo-ji.jpg	Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358)	1338	1358
2	File:Yosiakira asikaga.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshiakira (1330–1367)	1359	1367
3	File:Yoshimitsu Ashikaga cropped.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408)	1369	de jure 1395
				de facto 1408
4	File:Ashikaga Yoshimochi.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386–1428)	1395	de jure 1423
				de facto 1428
5	File:Ashikaga Yoshikazu.JPG	Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407–1425)	1423	1425
6	File:Ashikaga Yoshinori cropped.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394–1441)	1429	1441
7	File:Ashikaga Yoshikatsu.JPG	Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434–1443)	1442	1443
8	File:Ashikaga Yoshimasa detail.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436–1490)	1449	de jure 1474
				de facto 1490
9	File:Ashikaga Yoshihisa Tenryū-ji.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465–1489)	1474	1489
10	File:Ashikaga Yoshitane.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466–1523)	1490	1493
11	File:Yoshizumi asikaga.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1481–1511)	1495	1508
(10)	File:Ashikaga Yoshitane.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466–1523)	1508	1522
12	File:Yosiharu asikaga.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1511–1550)	1522	de jure 1547
				de facto 1550
13	File:Ashikaga Yoshiteru cropped.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536–1565)	1547	1565
14	File:Ashikaga Yoshihide.JPG	Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538–1568)	1568
15	File:Ashikaga Yoshiaki2.jpg	Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537–1597)	1568	deposed 1573
				abdicated 1588

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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.

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	de facto shogun from	de facto shogun until
1	File:Odanobunaga.jpg	Oda Nobunaga (1535–1582)	1568	de jure 1575
				de facto 1582
2	File:Oda Nobutada3 (cropped).jpg	Oda Nobutada (1557–1582)	1575	1582
3	File:Oda Hidenobu-2 (cropped).jpg	Oda Hidenobu (1580–1605)	1582	1583
1	File:Toyotomi Hideyoshi c1598 Kodai-ji Temple.png	Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598)	1585	de jure 1592
				de facto 1598
2	File:Toyotomi Hidetsugu.jpg	Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568–1595)	1592	1595
3	File:Hideyori Toyotomi.jpg	Toyotomi Hideyori (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)

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Shogun from	Shogun until
1	File:Tokugawa Ieyasu2.JPG	Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616)	de facto 1600	de jure 1605
			de jure 1603	de facto 1616
2	File:Hidetada2.jpg	Tokugawa Hidetada (1579–1632)	1605	de jure 1623
				de facto 1632
3	File:Iemitu.jpg	Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–1651)	1623	1651
4	File:Tokugawa Ietsuna.jpg	Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641–1680)	1651	1680
5	File:Tsunyaoshi.jpg	Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646–1709)	1680	1709
6	File:Tokugawa Ienobu.jpg	Tokugawa Ienobu (1662–1712)	1709	1712
7	File:Tokugawa Ietsugu cropped.jpg	Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709–1716)	1713	1716
8	File:Tokugawa Yoshimune.jpg	Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751)	1716	de jure 1745
				de facto 1751
9	File:Tokugawa Ieshige.jpg	Tokugawa Ieshige (1712–1761)	1745	de jure 1760
				de facto 1761
10	File:Tokugawa Ieharu.jpg	Tokugawa Ieharu (1737–1786)	1760	1786
11	File:Tokugawa Ienari.jpg	Tokugawa Ienari (1773–1841)	1787	de jure 1837
				de facto 1841
12	File:Tokugawa Ieyoshi.JPG	Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793–1853)	1837	1853
13	File:Tokugawa Iesada.jpg	Tokugawa Iesada (1824–1858)	1853	1858
14	File:Tokugawa Iemochi.jpg	Tokugawa Iemochi (1846–1866)	1858	1866
15	File:Tokugawa yoshinobu.jpg	Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913)	1866	1867Template:Efn

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See also

• Emperor of Japan
  • List of emperors of Japan
• History of Japan
• Daimyo
• Han system
  • Abolition of the han system

Bibliography

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