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.

Asuka / Heian periods (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). Ki no Kosami had the title of Seitō Taishōgun (征東大将軍) 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). Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was the second, and Minamoto no Yoritomo was third person who had the title of Sei-i Taishōgun.

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.

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