Chinjufu shōgun (鎮守府将軍), often translated
as "Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North," was a military
post in classical and feudal Japan.
The Chinjufu shōgun, under the
command of the sei-i-tai-shōgun (shogun), was primarily responsible for the
pacification of the Ezo (Ainu) people of
northern Honshū
and Hokkaidō
, and Japan's defense against them.
The post was originally created in the eighth century, during the
Nara period, and a military district,
called
Chinjufu was established as the
Chinjufu
shōgun's area of authority.
It was originally located in the fortress
of Tagajō in what is now
Miyagi
prefecture
.
However, it was moved further north in
801,
after the
Chinjufu shōgun at the time,
Sakanoue no Tamuramaro achieved a
series of victories against the natives, pushing them further
north. Once all of Honshū was conquered, or pacified, by the
Japanese, the new base at
Azawajō came
to be controlled by the various samurai clans of that region. The
base, along with the
Chinjufu military district and the
position of
Chinjufu shogun, was abandoned in the early
1300s.
Chinjufu shōgun of note
References
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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