However, every shogun from the Minamoto, Ashikaga and Tokugawa families had to be officially recognized by the emperors, who were still the source of sovereignty, although they could not exercise their powers independently from the Shogunate.

* 1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun ( b. 1147 )

* 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan ( d. 1199 )

* 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun ( d. 1204 )

3 Shogunates of Japan: Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun ( 1192 – 1199 ) of the Kamakura shogunate

Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, seized considerable power and land from the aristocracy in Kyoto.

* Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun ( d. 1184

* August 14 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun ( b. 1182 )

* May 9 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun ( d. 1199 )

* August 21 – Minamoto no Yoritomo is granted the title of shogun, thereby officially establishing the first shogunate in the history of Japan.

* September 17 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun ( d. 1219 )

* February 13 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun ( b. 1192 )

* Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate

* February 9 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun ( b. 1147 )

* September 11 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun ( d. 1204 )

He was succeeded by his 17-year-old son and second shogun, Minamoto no Yoriie under the regency of his maternal grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa.

Yoriie did become head of the Minamoto clan and was regularly appointed shogun in 1202 but, by that time, real power had already fallen into the hands of his grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa and of his mother.

Yoritomo's second son and third shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo spent most of his life staying out of politics and writing good poetry, but was nonetheless assassinated in February 1219 by his nephew Kugyō under the giant ginkgo tree that still stands at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū.

However, after defeating the Taira clan in the Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoritomo seized certain powers from the aristocracy in 1185 and was given the title of shogun in 1192.

The problem was solved choosing Kujo Yoritsune, a distant relation of the Minamoto, who would be the fourth shogun and figurehead, while Hōjō Yoshitoki would take care of day-to-day business.

After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, central authority fell to Tokugawa Ieyasu who completed this process and received the traditional title of shogun or noble military ruler as he was a descendant of the ancient Minamoto clan.

* 1185: Taira is defeated ( Gempei War ) and Minamoto Yoritomo with the support ( backing ) of the Hōjō clan seizes power, becoming the first shogun of Japan, while the emperor ( or " mikado ") becomes a figurehead

Thus the Seiwa Genji line proved to be the most strong and dominant Minamoto line during the late Heian period with Minamoto no Yoritomo eventually forming the Kamakura Shogunate and becoming shogun in 1192.

However, this and similar legends appear to have arisen only after Kamatari's descendant Fujiwara no Yoritsune became the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate in 1226, some time after the name Kamakura appears in the historical record. It used to be also called ( short for ).

Koreyasu-ō was installed as a puppet shogun ( the seventh of the Kamakura shogunate ) at a young age, and was renamed " Minamoto no Koreyasu " a few years later.

When Yoriie later himself had an heir, Ichiman, the child was also born at the Hiki mansion from Hiki's daughter Wakasa no Tsubone, a fact which further consolidating an already strong emotional bond From this relationship Hiki gained considerable influence when Yoriie became shogun, raising the hostility of Hōjō Tokimasa, who was instead close to Yoriie's younger brother Senman ( future third shogun Sanetomo ), and was in his turn trying to leverage that relationship for political advantage.

Minamoto no Sanetomo ( 源 実朝, September 17, 1192 – February 13, 1219, r. 1203 – 1219 ) was the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate Sanetomo was the second son of the founder of the Kamakura shogunate Minamoto no Yoritomo, his mother was Hōjō Masako, and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie.

In 1192, Yoritomo was awarded the title of Sei-i Taishōgun by the emperor and the political system he developed with a succession of shogun at the head became known as a shogunate.

The years in which Yoritomo was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

was the second shogun ( 1202 – 1203 ) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first son of first shogun Yoritomo.

Hōjō Masako, Yoriie's mother and wife of the first shogun Yoritomo, allegedly overheard the conversation.

After the death of his father Yoritomo in 1199, Sanetomo's grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa usurped all political and military power of the shogunate, relegating the position and title of Seii Taishogun, or shogun, to a mere figurehead.

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 AD in Kamakura, by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.

As shogun, Yoritomo was both the steward and the constable general.

* 1192: The emperor appoints Yoritomo as shogun ( military leader ) with a residence in Kamakura, establishing the bakufu system of government

His son Minamoto no Yoritomo became shogun and founded the Kamakura Shogunate, the first shogunate in the history of Japan.

She was the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki, and was married to Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura period.

In 1203, Masako's other son by Yoritomo, Minamoto no Sanetomo, became the third shogun with Tokimasa as regent.

The title of shogun in Japan meant a military leader equivalent to general, and at various times in the first millennium shoguns held temporary power, but it became a symbol of military control over the county.

was the twelfth shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held the reins of supreme power from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan.

The shogun directly held lands in various parts of Japan.

Kyūdō was encouraged by shogun and daimyo as a pastime and contests as well as record making attempts were held.

The emperor was held up as the ultimate source of political sanction for the shogun, who ostensibly was the vassal of the imperial family.

was the 14th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held nominal power for a few months in 1568 during the Muromachi period of Japan.

Yoshiaki was made shogun, a post he held only until 1573 when he attempted to remove himself from Nobunaga's power.

Some may have served under multiple shogun, and as a result of multiple terms, the list may not fully accurate reflect the order in which the office was held.

He was succeeded by his nephew, Tokugawa Ienobu, who was the son of his other brother, Tokugawa Tsunashige, the former Lord of Kofu, which was a title Ienobu held before becoming shogun.

At that time, his father was shogun, and was being advised by his long-time Confucian advisor, Arai Hakuseki, who held considerable influence in the shogun's court at Edo.

Tokugawa Ieharu ( 徳川家治 ( June 20, 1737 – September 17, 1786 ) was the tenth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786.

( July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866 ) was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office 1858 to 1866.

Tokugawa Ienari ; 徳川 家斉 ( November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841 ) was the eleventh and longest serving shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.

Tokugawa Iesada ( 徳川 家定 ( May 6, 1824 – August 14, 1858 ) was the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office for only 5 years, from 1853 to 1858.

In 1663, the regency for Shogun Ietsuna ended, but the regents still held power for him, the first time that the power behind the bakufu was not a former shogun.

Throughout the Edo period, hatamoto held the distinction that if they possessed high enough rank, they had the right to personal audience with the shogun ( these hatamoto were known as ome-mie ijō ).

The Emperors ruled in name only ; real power was held by a military governor, the shogun.

During the shogunate of Japan, the emperor held spiritual and nominal authority over the whole country, while the shogun held temporal authority.

He was presented to the reigning shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, as well as to Ii Naosuke, four months after his adoption, and at the end of the year was invested with the court title of Wakasa no Kami (), which was traditionally held by the heir to the house of Aizu.

In 1050, Abe no Yoritoki held the post of Chinjufu shogun, as the Abe clan had for many generations ; he was the chief commander of the defense of northern Honshū against the native Ezo ( Ainu ) people.