In the Edo Shogunate the Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") had the supreme power to grant a pardon when either the Tokugawa Shogunate Family or the Imperial Family had an auspicious event, a calamity or held a Buddhist memorial service.
江戸幕府において恩赦は征夷大将軍の大権に属して徳川将軍家や皇室などの慶事・凶事・法事などに際して行われた。