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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...title itself, Sei-i-tai Shogun [barbarian-subduing generalissimo...the hands of the hereditary shoguns. The shogunate was held in...1603. The overthrow of the shogun in 1867 brought the Meiji restoration...
Mutsuhito
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...deputies to the emperor. Titled shoguns, they used their military power...Tokugawas until 1867. Under the shogun lordship, Japan was rigidly...which were encouraged by the shoguns as a means of control. The shogun's control, however, depended...
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 ...Yoritomo , became the first shogun and forcefully revised this...feudal system. The power of the shogun disintegrated during the fierce...viewed with suspicion by the shogun and were excluded from office...descendants, the Tokugawa shoguns, deployed the daimyo and shifted...
Tokyo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns, who made Edo the capital...formally assuming the title of shogun in 1603, the capital of the...Kyoto. In Tokugawa times, the shogun's palace, encircled by the...population was increased by the shogun's retainers and by the large...
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was a Japanese ruler, or shogun. He attempted most energetically...with Ieyasu, the Tokugawa shoguns exercised hegemony over some...Nagasaki. When the seventh shogun died without an heir in 1716...Yoshimune abdicated the office of shogun in favor of his son in 1745...
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate...But, although the Ashikaga shoguns had managed to maintain a loose...actually receive the title of shogun from the imperial court until...each year in attendance at the Shogun's court at Edo. This system...
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...
Tokugawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...family that held the shogunate (see shogun ) and controlled Japan from 1603 to 1867...the daimyo to maintain residence at the shogun's capital in Edo (Tokyo) and to leave...domestic discontent, the last Tokugawa shogun resigned in 1867. After the Meiji restoration...

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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 ...regents for the KAMAKURA shoguns . Soon after he drove the...the emperor appointed him shogun in succession to the Kamakura...to Kyoto. The Ashikaga shoguns never exercised great power...NOBUNAGA and his army drove the shogun from Kyoto.
shogunate
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the hands of a Sei-i dai-shogun (‘barbarian-conquering...general’). The shoguns exercised civil and military...both to the emperor and the shogun. During the Ashikaga period the shoguns were independent of any other...
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...
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.
Kamakura Period
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Kamakura Period. The period in Japan of the Kamakura shoguns, 1192– c. 1338. It was a period when Buddhism flourished. See BUDDHISM IN JAPAN .
tycoon
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology tycoon foreigners' title for the shogun of Japan XIX; (fig., sl.) business magnate XX. — Jap. taikun .
Oda Nobunaga
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...troops were armed with muskets, introduced by the Portuguese after 1542. In 1568 he entered Kyoto and in 1573 he drove out the SHOGUN . He began “sword hunts” to disarm much of the population and organized land surveys. By the time he...
Kamakura shogunate
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...first feudal military SHOGUNATE established by MINAMOTO YORITOMO at the city of Kamakura, near Tokyo. The HOJO family were shogun regents after Yoritomo's death. During the Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333) organized military power and the...

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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 gets macho after style guru's makeover.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/27/2002; 700+ words ; ...January 1, when the revamped Shogun goes on sale, the car comes...been missing since the current Shogun was launched in 2000. It seems...Last year less than 3,000 Shoguns were sold in the UK. That...mid-90s when the previous Shogun, with its more traditional...
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, 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 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 ; ...decades of refinement, the Shogun has now reached its peak...s decision to revamp their Shogun comes hot on the heels of relaunches...curvaceous, new look. All Shoguns now come with halogen headlamps...sits on the bonnet of the new Shogun. The mighty body is constructed...
Kind cutsm from Shogun -for some
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/29/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...the success of the Shogun name in the UK means...wheel drive models as Shoguns as well to create a whole...you have to pay for the Shogun's awesome off-road...vehicle. Given that most Shoguns spend their lives towing...would have expected the Shogun to have come with a choice...
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; 560 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...
Shoguns stutter into next round
Newspaper article from: Bristol Evening Post; 10/18/2004; 700+ words ; ...Pertemps the previous weekend. Still, Shoguns are through; and they face fellow Division...up to be replaced by Sam Cummins. The Shoguns, who made 10 changes in personnel from...wake-up call right at the start. The Shoguns were caught cold with just seconds gone...
Shogun, sure thing . . .
Newspaper article from: Hull Daily Mail (UK); 7/6/2007; 700+ words ; ...and redesigned side steps. Shogun buyers have a choice of a four...Both three and five-door Shogun models are powered by an extensively...diesel engine - because most Shoguns sold here have always had diesel...no better vehicle than the Shogun in which to achieve it. None...
Shogun is a beast, but it's a fun beast.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 12/8/2007; 679 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...
Motoring: Back to basics for Shogun.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 12/20/2002; 700+ words ; ...January 1, when the revamped Shogun goes on sale, the car comes...been missing since the current Shogun was launched in 2000. It seems...Last year less than 3,000 Shoguns were sold in the UK. That...mid-90s when the previous Shogun, with its more traditional...