All 15 Tokugawa shoguns
The top 3 according to 18 votes from people: 4. Tokugawa Ietsuna · 7. Tokugawa Ietsugu · 9. Tokugawa Ieshige. (Updated Feb 6, 2025.)
From Tokugawa Ieyasu, appointed shogun in 1603, to Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who handed power back to the emperor in 1867: the 15 shoguns of the Edo shogunate, which ruled Japan for some 260 years, in order, with their years in office and key events of each reign.
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Top 15
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4. Tokugawa Ietsuna
Shogun 1651–1680.
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7. Tokugawa Ietsugu
Shogun 1713–1716. Became shogun as a small child and died aged six.
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9. Tokugawa Ieshige
Shogun 1745–1760.
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11. Tokugawa Ienari
Shogun 1787–1837. At about 50 years, the longest tenure of any Tokugawa shogun.
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3. Tokugawa Iemitsu
Shogun 1623–1651. Institutionalised alternate attendance (sankin-kōtai) and completed the closed-country policy.
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5. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Shogun 1680–1709. The "dog shogun", known for his laws protecting living creatures.
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6. Tokugawa Ienobu
Shogun 1709–1712.
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10. Tokugawa Ieharu
Shogun 1760–1786. The era when Tanuma Okitsugu dominated the government.
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15. Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Shogun 1867. The last shogun, who returned power to the emperor in 1867.
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1. Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shogun 1603–1605. Founder of the Edo shogunate.
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12. Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Shogun 1837–1853. Died just after Commodore Perry's arrival.
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8. Tokugawa Yoshimune
Shogun 1716–1745. Led the Kyōhō reforms.
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13. Tokugawa Iesada
Shogun 1853–1858. The Convention of Kanagawa with the United States was signed.
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14. Tokugawa Iemochi
Shogun 1858–1866. Married Princess Kazu-no-Miya, the emperor's sister.
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2. Tokugawa Hidetada
Shogun 1605–1623. Consolidated the shogunate with the Buke shohatto laws.
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