general; head of samurai goverment
leaders of military clans who ruled in the Emperor's name.
'General' - sort of the warrior leader of a country - Nakago is the shogun of Kutou.
The military rulers of Japan before 1868, nominally subordinate to the emperor.
a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
(literally, "general") one of a line of military leaders in Japan until the revolutions in the middle of the 19th century, when the emperor was restored in the Meiji period (1868–1912).
For most of the period between 1192 and 1868, the government of Japan was dominated by a hereditary warlord called a shogun. The word shogun means “general.
A military ruler of feudal Japan between 1192 and 1867. The shogunate was an inherited position in the military that operated under the nominal control of the emperor.
title given by the emperor to the daimyo who showed himself to be the richest and the most powerful of all the lords
a great general; one of a line of military governors ruling Japan until the revolution of 1867-68.
Military ruler of Nippon; full title is Sei-i-tai-shogun; literally "great barbarian-subduing generalissimo". Quite a mouthful.
Chief rulers in Japan during Tokogawa Dynasty.
The hereditary commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, until 1867 the virtual ruler of Japan. Also called tycoon. By successive usurpations of power, the Shogun or Tycoon had become the real ruler of Japan, though nominally the subject of the Mikado, and acting in his name. This state of things was misunderstood by Europeans, and it was erroneously supposed that there were two emperors in Japan, the Mikado (who was the object of a loyalty of the nature of religious devotion) being called 'the spiritual emperor', and the Shogun 'the temporal emperor'. In 1867, with the abolition of the feudal system, the Mikado assumed the actual sovereignty, and the reign of the Shoguns came to an end. Wikipedia
military ruler of Japan ("barbarian-suppressing general")
the hereditary governor in feudal Japan. (p. 879)
Japan. The rank is equivalent to "general," a high officer in an army. As a title, it is the short form of .
