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''Seiitaishôgun'' (征夷大将軍), "Supreme Commander Against the Barbarians", often shortened simply as ''shôgun'' (将軍), was originally a temporary Court commission assigned to courtier military commanders in the 8th century frontier campaigns against the Emishi in northern Honshu. It later became a hereditary distinction acknowledging the recipient as the ''[[buke no toryo|buke no tôryô]]]'', "Head of the Warrior Houses", and titular head of the three [[Bakufu|bakufu]] warrior governments.  

''Seiitaishôgun'' (征夷大将軍), "Supreme Commander Against the Barbarians", often shortened simply as ''shôgun'' (将軍), was originally a temporary Court commission assigned to courtier military commanders in the 8th century frontier campaigns against the Emishi in northern Honshu. It later became a hereditary distinction acknowledging the recipient as the ''[[buke no toryo|buke no tôryô]]]'', "Head of the Warrior Houses", and titular head of the three [[Bakufu|bakufu]] warrior governments.  

Following the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] grasp of the realm, Ieyasu was granted the title of ''shôgun'' in [[1603]] as head of the [[Tokugawa Bakufu]] located in [[Edo]], passing the title down to his son [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]] two years later. The Tokugawa clan continued to reign as ''shôgun'' throughout the [[Edo Period]] until the Imperial Restoration of [[1867]].

Following the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] grasp of the realm, Ieyasu was granted the title of ''shôgun'' in [[1603]] as head of the [[Tokugawa Bakufu]] located in [[Edo]], passing the title down to his son [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]] two years later. The Tokugawa clan continued to reign as ''shôgun'' throughout the [[Edo Period]] until the Imperial Restoration of [[1867]].