The first of its kind was Minamoto Yorimoto, who was appointed ShÅ gun on August 21, 1192 ... Kuroda is Shogun’s version of Oda Nobunaga, the legendary samurai warlord who became the first ...

On the opposing side was the Tokugawa Shogunate, a continuation of the military dictatorship comprised of elite samurai which had ruled Japan since 1192. Although the Tokugawa shogun, or leader ...