征せい東とう大たい将しょう軍ぐん

noun

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians

Historical title used from 940 to 1335, specifically for the general leading campaigns against the eastern Emishi or other groups considered barbarians. Compare with 征東将軍, a lower-ranking general in the same context.

See also: 征東将軍

• 征せい東とう大たい将しょう軍ぐんは、平へい安あん時じ代だいから南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいにかけて、東とう国ごく遠えん征せいの総そう司し令れい官かんとして任にん命めいされた。

  The Seitō Taishōgun was appointed as the supreme commander of eastern expeditions from the Heian period through the Nanboku-chō period.