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Name (birth–death) Shogun from Shogun until 1 Kose no Maro: 709 2 Tajihi no Agatamori: 720 721 3 Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718–785) 784 785 4 Ki no Kosami: 788 789 5 Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809) 793 794 6 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758–811) 797 808 7 Funya no Watamaro (765–823) 811 816 8 Fujiwara no Tadabumi (873–947) 940 9 Minamoto no ...
Shogun (English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ ʌ n / SHOH-gun; [1] Japanese: 将軍, romanized: shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), [2] was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. [3]
In Japanese history, a shōgun (将軍) was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate to the dissolution of the Tokugawa shogunate (1192–1868).
The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Tokugawa Ieharu 徳川 家治 (20 June 1737 – 17 September 1786) was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786. His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代). Ieharu died in 1786 and given the Buddhist name Shunmyoin and buried at Kan'ei-ji.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (徳川 綱吉, 23 February 1646 – 19 February 1709) was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu (德川 慶喜, also known as Keiki; 28 October 1837 – 22 November 1913) 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.