(SHOH-guh-nate) The government of medieval Japan in which the Shogun, a military and civil regent, served as the actual leader, while the emperor was the symbolic head of the state and religion. There were three shogunates throughout Japanese history - 1) the Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333), 2) the Ashikaga Shogunate (1336–1573), and 3) the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868).
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ July 6, 2011
In the feudeal Japan, the shogun title was know as the supreme military commander. The goverment they etablished were called Bakufu.
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by bigdaddybands June 22, 2020
Shogun was the ultimate rank one could achieve in Japan. The Shogun was the Supreme Military Dictator. Only one Daimyo (feudal lord) at a time could obtain the title. And only the His Imperial Highness, the reigning Emperor, the Divine Son of Heaven, who lived in seclusion with the Imperial Families at Kyoto, could grant the title. With the appointment of Shogun went absolute power: the Emperor's seal and mandate. The Shogun ruled in the Emperor's name. All power was derived from the Emperor because he was directly descended from the gods. Therefore any daimyo who opposed the Shogun were automatically in rebellion against the throne, and at once outcast and all his lands forfeit. The reigning Emperor was worshipped as a divinity because he was descended in an unbroken line from the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, one of the children of the gods Izanagi and Izanami, who had formed the islands of Japan from the firmament. By divine right the ruling Emperor owned all the land and was obeyed without question. But in practice, for more than six centuries real power had rested behind the throne.
A Shogunate was the government, office, or rule of a Shogun. There was three shogunates in Japanese history.
1) Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333)
2) Ashikaga Shogunate (1336–1573)
3) Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868)
1) Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333)
2) Ashikaga Shogunate (1336–1573)
3) Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868)
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ April 21, 2011
Shogun is a title given to the highest military general in feudal ages in Japan, it is short for "seii taishogun"
Also the fourth studio album of the Metal band band Trivium.
Also the fourth studio album of the Metal band band Trivium.
by Marxlol August 12, 2009
a slang term in the uk interchangeable with the phrase ‘fairs’ ,‘decent’ or ‘alright’ to denote something being cool or okay.
by Liverpudlian64 October 22, 2023
That football player is a shogun.
by Spiderman14 November 28, 2012