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Japanese Shoguns

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Minamoto no Yoritomo
Kamakura11921199First shogun, founded Kamakura shogunate
Minamoto no Yoriie
Kamakura12021203Second Kamakura shogun, deposed
Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kamakura12031219Poet shogun, assassinated
Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga (Muromachi)13381358Founded Ashikaga shogunate
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Ashikaga (Muromachi)13681394Built Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Ashikaga (Muromachi)14491473Built Ginkaku-ji, Onin War began
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Ashikaga (Muromachi)15681573Last Ashikaga shogun, deposed by Nobunaga
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa (Edo)16031605Founded Tokugawa shogunate after Sekigahara
Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa (Edo)16051623Consolidated Tokugawa power
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa (Edo)16231651Closed Japan (sakoku policy)
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa (Edo)16801709Dog shogun, Genroku era culture
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa (Edo)17161745Kyoho reforms
Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa (Edo)17871837Longest-reigning Tokugawa shogun
Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa (Edo)18531858Reigned during Perry's arrival
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa (Edo)18661867Last shogun, resigned at Meiji Restoration

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