In the Jokyu War, the military leaders of the Kamakura shogunate forces attacking Kyoto were given titles such as Daishogun of Tozan-do Road and Daishogun of Hokuriku-do Road, and Akiie KITABATAKE was appointed Chinju taishogun (Chinju-fu shogun) in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
また、承久の乱の際に京都に進撃する鎌倉幕府軍の諸将をそれぞれ東山道大将軍、北陸道大将軍などと称した例や、南北朝時代(日本)に北畠顕家が鎮守大将軍（鎮守府将軍）に任ぜられた例もある。