List of shoguns


This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as part of the military aristocratic feudal class 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 Mutsu Chintō Shōgun. Ki no Kosami had the title of Seitō Taishōgun 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. 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)

PortraitName
Shogun fromShogun until
1Minamoto no Yoritomo
11921199
2Minamoto no Yoriie
12021203
3Minamoto no Sanetomo
12031219
4Kujō Yoritsune
12261244
5Kujō Yoritsugu
12441252
6Prince Munetaka
12521266
7Prince Koreyasu
12661289
8Prince Hisaaki
12891308
9Prince Morikuni
13081333

Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)

PortraitName
de facto
shogun from
de facto
shogun until
1Oda Nobunaga
1568de jure
1575
1Oda Nobunaga
1568de facto
1582
2Oda Nobutada
15751582
3Oda Hidenobu
15821583
1Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1585de jure
1592
1Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1585de facto
1598
2Toyotomi Hidetsugu
15921595
3Toyotomi Hideyori
1598de jure
1603

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

Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868)

PortraitName
Shogun fromShogun until
1Tokugawa Ieyasu
de facto
1600
de jure
1605
1Tokugawa Ieyasu
de jure
1603
de facto
1616
2Tokugawa Hidetada
1605de jure
1623
2Tokugawa Hidetada
1605de facto
1632
3Tokugawa Iemitsu
16231651
4Tokugawa Ietsuna
16511680
5Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
16801709
6Tokugawa Ienobu
17091712
7Tokugawa Ietsugu
17131716
8Tokugawa Yoshimune
1716de jure
1745
8Tokugawa Yoshimune
1716de facto
1751
9Tokugawa Ieshige
1745de jure
1760
9Tokugawa Ieshige
1745de facto
1761
10Tokugawa Ieharu
17601786
11Tokugawa Ienari
1787de jure
1837
11Tokugawa Ienari
1787de facto
1841
12Tokugawa Ieyoshi
18371853
13Tokugawa Iesada
18531858
14Tokugawa Iemochi
18581866
15Tokugawa Yoshinobu
18661867