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shogun
shogun , title of the feudal military administrator who from the 12th cent. to the 19th cent. was, as the emperor's military deputy, the actual ruler of Japan. The title itself, Sei-i-tai Shogun [barbarian-subduing generalissimo], dates back to 794 and originally meant commander of the imperial armi... Read more
daimyo
daimyo [Jap.,=great name], the great feudal landholders of Japan, the territorial barons as distinguished from the kuge, or court nobles. Great tax-free estates were built up from the 8th cent. onward by the alienation of lands to members of the imperial family who could not be supported at court. ... Read more
Tokugawa
Tokugawa , family that held the shogunate (see shogun ) and controlled Japan from 1603 to 1867. Founded by Ieyasu, the Tokugawa regime was a centralized feudalism. The Tokugawa themselves held approximately one fourth of the country in strategically located parcels, which they governed directly thr... Read more
Will Adams
Will Adams (William Adams), 1564?-1620, first Englishman to visit Japan. As pilot of a Dutch ship searching for gold and trade, he reached Japan in 1600. At first imprisoned and sentenced to death, Adams was released by the shogun Ieyasu , and soon became one of his favorites, advising him on navi... Read more
Ieyasu
Ieyasu (Ieyasu Tokugawa) , 1542-1616, Japanese warrior and dictator. A gifted leader and brilliant general, he founded the Tokugawa shogunate. Early in his career he helped Nobunaga and Hideyoshi unify Japan. In 1590 he received the area surrounding Edo (Tokyo) in fief, and he later made Edo... Read more
Yoritomo
Yoritomo (Yoritomo Minamoto) , 1148-99, Japanese warrior and dictator, founder of the Kamakura shogunate. After a prolonged struggle he led his clan, the Minamoto, to victory over the Taira in 1185. He became (1192) the first shogun , established his bakufu (headquarters) at Kamakura, and rewarde... Read more
Ashikaga
Ashikaga , city (1990 pop. 167,686), Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An old silk-weaving center, it is famous for its spinning and nylon textile industries. The city is also the ancestral home of the Ashikaga shoguns (1338-1597). It has an ancient school (probably founded 9th cent.), whic... Read more
Hakodate
Hakodate , city (1990 pop. 307,249), extreme SW Hokkaido, Japan, on the Tsugaru Strait. Opened (1854) to U.S. ships and a little later (1857) to general foreign trade, it was the chief port of the island until recently replaced by Sapporo . It is linked with Aomori on Honshu by the Seikan Tunnel. A... Read more
samurai
samurai , knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo . This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was consolidated in the Tokugawa period. Samurai were privileged to wear two swords, and at one time had the right to cut down any... Read more
Meiji restoration
Meiji restoration The term refers to both the events of 1868 that led to the "restoration" of power to the emperor and the entire period of revolutionary changes that coincided with the Meiji emperor's reign (1868-1912). The power of the Tokugawa shogunate, weakened by debt and internal div... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "shogun"

shogun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition shogun , title of the feudal military administrator...Japan. The title itself, Sei-i-tai Shogun [barbarian-subduing generalissimo...Tokyo) after 1603. The overthrow of the shogun in 1867 brought the Meiji restoration and...
Mutsuhito
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...successive Tokugawas until 1867. Under the shogun lordship, Japan was rigidly regulated...the shoguns as a means of control. The shogun's control, however, depended on their...dissatisfaction with the administration of the shogun was brought to the surface by the unwelcome...
Kanze Zeami
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...statesman, and patron of the fine arts, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who discovered Zeami...of Okina, Kannami appeared before the Shogun and impressed him so favorably that he...No drama. Zeami first appeared before Shogun Yoshimitsu in a performance at the Imakumano...
Adams, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...him a valuable man in the eyes of the shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. He used him in various...forbidden to return to them. Instead, the shogun arranged for him to marry the daughter...everyone as it freed Adams to serve the shogun and to marry, as only a samurai could...
daimyo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...himself. One, Yoritomo , became the first shogun and forcefully revised this situation...centralized feudal system. The power of the shogun disintegrated during the fierce civil...generally viewed with suspicion by the shogun and were excluded from office in the central...
Tokyo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after formally assuming the title of shogun in 1603, the capital of the shogunate...remained at Kyoto. In Tokugawa times, the shogun's palace, encircled by the residences...urban population was increased by the shogun's retainers and by the large retinues...
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1542-1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, or military...did not actually receive the title of shogun from the imperial court until 1603, for...their time each year in attendance at the Shogun's court at Edo. This system of "alternate...
Tomomi Iwakura
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Emperor's sister, and the incumbent shogun, lemochi Tokugawa. By the mid-1860s...the Emperor to rescind the powers of the shogun and call an assembly of the domain lords...Iwakura helped engineer the overthrow of the shogun and the formal restoration of full executive...
Will Adams
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sentenced to death, Adams was released by the shogun Ieyasu , and soon became one of his favorites...dint of his close relationship with the shogun. Shortly after Adams's death, foreign...forms the basis of James Clavell's novel Shogun (1975). Bibliography: See his letters...
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1684-1751) was a Japanese ruler, or shogun. He attempted most energetically to revitalize...single port of Nagasaki. When the seventh shogun died without an heir in 1716, he was...century. Yoshimune abdicated the office of shogun in favor of his son in 1745. He died...

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shogun
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable shogun a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military...consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished...
Shogun bond
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management Shogun bond A bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency. Compare Samurai bond .
Ashikaga
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...he installed Koyo as emperor and in return the emperor appointed him shogun in succession to the Kamakura shogunate, which had become ineffectual...Ashikaga shogunate ended in 1573 when ODA NOBUNAGA and his army drove the shogun from Kyoto.
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751) Japanese SHOGUN , the eighth TOKUGAWA to hold that office (1716–...and military science. Yoshimune worked to increase the shogun's authority and improve government finances.
Japan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...ultimate victor being Minamoto Yoritomo, who in 1192 became the first shogun and established a military administration (see SHOGUNATE ). From then effective power lay with the shogun rather than the emperor. Yoritomo's KAMAKURA shogunate was replaced...
shogunate
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...institution under which government was in the hands of a Sei-i dai-shogun (‘barbarian-conquering great general’...in theory they remained subject both to the emperor and the shogun. During the Ashikaga period the shoguns were independent of...
Mifune, Toshiro
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...the 500,000 ; 1966—appeared in first English-language film, Grand Prix ; 1981—in TV mini-series Shogun. Awards: Best Actor, Venice Festival, for Yojimbo, 1961; Best Actor, Venice Festival, for Red Beard, 1965; also Kinema...
Welles, Orson
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1970s and 1980s—appeared in films, on TV, and in commercials, including role as narrator for TV mini-series Shogun, 1980, and occasional role as voice of Robin Masters in TV series Magnum P.I., 1981–85. Awards: Academy...
Jarre, Maurice
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...orchestra music, and for TV, including the mini-series Jesus of Nazareth, 1977, Mourning Becomes Electra, 1978, and Shogun, 1980. Awards: Academy Award, for Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, Doctor Zhivago, 1965, and A Passage to India, 1984; British...
tycoon
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ty·coon / tīˈkoōn / • n. 1. a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry: a newspaper tycoon. 2. a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan in power between 1857 and 1868.

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ruler
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...autocrat. See table. antonym: subject. Rulers aga Caesar caliph emir emperor empress kaiser king khan maharajah mikado monarch Negus pharaoh prince princess queen raja rani regent satrap shah sheikh shogun sovereign sultan czar viceroy

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SHOGUN, a card game, will be premiered at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York during the 1984 American Toy Fair.
PR Newswire; 2/16/1984; 700+ words ; ...most exciting new games to be introduced this year is SHOGUN (TM), a card game based on James Clavell's epic...of the actual characters portrayed in Paramount's Shogun series. SHOGUN (TM) was created by Al Shipps of Lincoln, Neb...
SHOGUN (TM) card game based on James Clavell novel.
PR Newswire; 2/21/1984; 700+ words ; ...most exciting new games to be introduced this year is SHOGUN (TM), a card game based on James Clavell's epic...of the actual characters portrayed in Paramount's Shogun series. SHOGUN (TM) was created by Al Shipps of Lincoln, Neb...
Shogun gets macho after style guru's makeover.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/27/2002; 700+ words ; ...Mitsubishi to broaden the appeal of its Shogun off-roader. A design team led Olivier...frilly bits that took away much of the Shogun's macho image. Gone are the fluted...As of January 1, when the revamped Shogun goes on sale, the car comes with a new...
Animal range gets touch of black magic; MITSUBISHI: Shogun special edition range oozing with extras.(Motoring)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/6/2002; 631 words ; ...introducing a touch of black magic with their new Shogun limited edition Animal range. Initially 250...association has now been expanded to include the Shogun Pinin three and five-door, Shogun Sport and LWB Shogun. All vehicles have black...
Shogun is a beast, but it's a fun beast.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 12/8/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: By Maxine Ashford FACT - the Mitsubishi Shogun is never going to win any friends in the green brigade. Fact - the Mitsubishi Shogun drinks fuel for fun. Fact - the Mitsubishi Shogun handles like a Panzer tank at times, but I can honestly...
SHOGUN IS A MIT OF ALRIGHT; Monster 4x4 helps cure my tunnel vision.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/9/2003; 700+ words ; ...option when revamping their top-selling Shogun 4x4. Instead the played to this genuine...when it came to launching their revamped Shogun. Not content with the usual off- road...with potholes and 2ft of liquid mud, the Shogun was able to tackle the gruelling trek...
Kind cutsm from Shogun -for some
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/29/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...a top-of-the- range Mitsubishi Shogun should sit down and prepare to get seriously angry. For the new model Shogun is not only bigger (and presumably...were cut. But the company hopes that Shogun owners will keep the faith and help...
NII Norsat International and Shogun Properties - joint release.
Business Wire; 6/27/1995; 700+ words ; ...announce that today it has reached an agreement with Shogun Properties Corp. ("Shogun") whereby Norsat will acquire 1,415,550 common...approximately 60 per cent of the outstanding shares of Shogun from Shogun's principal shareholders. The transaction...
Shogun, sure thing . . .
Newspaper article from: Hull Daily Mail (UK); 7/6/2007; 700+ words ; In most markets, the Mitsubishi Shogun is known as the Pajero. Except Spain...very rude indeed. The UK gets it as the Shogun because the Richard Chamberlain mini...in February, the fourth-generation Shogun boasts over 70 per cent new external and...
Shogun adds a touch of class.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/29/2003; 545 words ; Byline: Robin Roberts MITSUBISHI Shogun sales have climbed 24pc this year. But that...to all customers buying a new 3.2 DI-D Shogun Field. The Field combines all the qualities of a Shogun, such as comfort, practicality, reliability...