Shōguns

, officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamakura period and Sengoku period when the shoguns themselves were figureheads, with real power in the hands of the of the Hōjō clan and of the Hosokawa clan. In addition, Taira no Kiyomori and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were leaders of the warrior class who did not hold the position of shogun, the highest office of the warrior class, yet gained the positions of and , t

Japanese statesman and poet of the Nara period

12th century samurai

General and shogun

Japanese prince in the Nanbokucho period

Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period

Japanese shogun

Japanese prince

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military post in classical and feudal Japan