征せい東とう将しょう軍ぐん

noun

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

Historical title used from 940 to 1335 for the military commander tasked with subduing eastern regions, often associated with the subjugation of the Emishi or other groups considered 'barbarians' by the Yamato court.

• 征せい東とう将しょう軍ぐんは、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置おかれた官かん職しょくの一ひとつである。

  Seitō Shōgun was one of the official posts established from the Heian period through the Nanboku-chō period.