shogun

In Japanese history, a shogun (将軍 shōgun) was the practical ruler of Japan for most of the time from 1192 to the Meiji Era beginning in 1868. A Shogun's administration is a shogunate, or bakufu (幕府), literally "tent government", in Japanese. The term shōgun means "General" whereas the full title Seii Taishōgun (征夷大将軍) means "generalissimo who overcomes the barbarians", ie. the aborigine Ainu people who once inhabited Honshu and Hokkaido. Used in common reference to the historical full title, the term shōgun i ...

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Shogun - Seii Taishogun of Heian Period of Japan 794 - 1185

Shogun - Seii Taishogun of Feudal Period Japan 1185 - 1868

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shogun: Encyclopedia II - Shogun - Shogunate Bakufu (幕府) originally described the dwelling and household of a shōgun, but in time it came to be generally used in Japanese to describe the system of government of a feudal military dictatorship, exercised by the shoguns (literally "tent government", meaning a military rule), and this is the meaning that has been adopted into English through the term shogunate. The system of bakufu was originally established under the Kamakura bakufu by Minamoto no Yoritomo. The military wing of the government came t ...

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Ashikaga shogunate

The Ashikaga shogunate (Japanese 足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family. This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from the Muromachi area of Kyoto where the third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence. In part because the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with the Emperor against the previous Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikagas shared more of the governmental author ...

shogun: Encyclopedia - Samurai

Samurai (侍 or 士, samurai?) was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. Samurai - Myth and reality. Most samurai were bou ...

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Samurai - Culture

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Ashikaga Tochigi

Ashikaga (Japanese: 足利市, Ashikaga-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 161,259 and a density of 906.87 persons per km². The total area is 177.82 km². During the Heian Period, Ashikaga was developed by Minamoto no Yoshikuni, whose descendants later became the Ashikaga clan. The city was founded on January 1, 1921. Ashikaga is home to Ashikaga Kogyō Fūzoku Daigaku Kōkō (Ashikodai) boys' high school, as well as Ashikaga Tank ...

shogun: Encyclopedia - Waka

Waka (和歌) or Yamato uta is a genre of Japanese poetry. Waka literally means Japanese poem in Japanese. The word was originally coined during the Heian period to differentiate native poetry from the kanshi (Chinese poems) that all educated Japanese people were also familiar with. For this reason, the word waka encompasses a number of differing styles. The main two are tanka (短歌 lit. "short poem") and chōka (長歌 lit. "long poem"), but there are others: bussokusekika< ...

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Bushido

Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato. Bushido (Japanese: 武士道; bushidō, "way of the warrior"), is a way of life, somewhat analogous to the European concept of chivalry. It includes elements of a philosophy, except that is it generally not textual in nature, and it involves, but is not equivalent to, a code of conduct. Bushido developed between the 11th to 14th centuries and was formalized during the opening years of the Tokugawa shogunate for the members of the Samurai class. According to t ...

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Ashigaru

The Japanese ashigaru (足軽) were foot-soldiers of medieval Japan. During Muromachi period, ashigaru were employed by the shogun as his personal army. Other related archivesJapanese, Muromachi period, foot-soldiers, shogun

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji (Japanese: 足利尊氏) (1305 – June 7, 1358) was the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358. He was a descendant of the samurai of the Seiwa Genji line, descended from Emperor Seiwa, that had settled in Ashikaga area of Shimotsuke Province which is in present day Tochigi Prefecture. Takauji was a general of the Kamakura shogunate sent to Kyoto in 1333 to put down the Genko Rebellion which had start ...

shogun: Encyclopedia - Boshin War

The Boshin War (戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō, literally "War of the Year of the Dragon") was fought in 1868-1869 between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the pro-Imperial forces in Japan. The defeat of the shogunate led directly to the Meiji Restoration. Discontent between the shogunate and the reformist sonnō jōi movement had been brewing for years. A secret alliance against the shogunate was formed in 1866 between Chōshū and Satsuma. In November 1867, Emperor Meiji had given the rebellious provinces of Satsuma and C ...

shogun: Encyclopedia - Kamakura

Kamakura can refer to: The city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan The Kamakura Shogunate period in the History of Japan The Kamakura family name in Japan Kamakura an Indie Band from the UK Kamakura, a fictional character from the G.I. Joe series. Other related archivesG.I. Joe, History of Japan, Japan, Kamakura, Kamakura Shogunate, Kanagawa Prefecture, fictional character

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shogun: Encyclopedia - Daitoku-ji

Daitoku-ji (大徳寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple complex has the mountain-name Ryuhozan (龍宝山), literally meaning "dragon treasure mountain." It was established in 1319 by Shohomyocho (宗峰妙超) who is also called Daitokokushi (大燈国師). Daitokuji was frequented by Emperor Go-Daigo and was counted as one of the five sacred moutains (temples). But after the Ashikaga shogunate was established, it was removed from the list and the shogunate chose to ignore it ...

shogun: Encyclopedia - Ainu people

150,000 Japanese people with some Ainu ancestry (some estimates on the number of Japanese with some Ainu blood range as high as 1,000,000; the exact number is unknown) Pre-Japanese era: ~50,000, almost all pure Ainu Russian Federation Nivkhs Itelmens Chukchis Koryaks Aleuts The Ainu (pronounced /ˈainu/, "eye-noo", アイヌ / aynu) are an ethnic ...

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shogun: Encyclopedia II - Tokugawa shogunate - Institutions of the Shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate - Rōjū and Wakadoshiyori. The rōjū (老中) were the senior members of the shogunate. They supervised the ōmetsuke, machibugyō, ongokubugyō and other officials, oversaw relations with the Imperial Court in Kyoto, kuge (members of the nobility), daimyo, temples and shrines, and attended to matters like divisions of fiefs. Normally, four or five men held the office, and one was on duty for a month at a time on a rotating basis. They conferred on especially important matters. In the ...

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shogun: Encyclopedia - 1543

1543 - Science. Andreas Vesalius publishes De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), revolutionising the science of human anatomy Nicolaus Copernicus - De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium 1543 - Births. January 18 - (baptized) - Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composer (died 1588) January 31 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (died 1616) February 15 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1608)Including:

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shogun: Encyclopedia - 1425

1425 - Events. Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Masaccio writes The Holy Trinity (added by Mei) 1425 - Births. John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) 1425 - Deaths. January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407)

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shogun: Encyclopedia II - Shogun - Seii Taishogun of Heian Period of Japan 794 - 1185

Shogun - Conquest of the Ainu. Originally, the title of Seii Taishogun was given to military commanders during the early Heian Period for the duration of military campaigns against the Emishi who resisted the governance of the Imperial court based in Kyoto. The most famous of these shoguns was Sakanoue no Tamuramaro who conquered the Ainu in the name of Emperor Kammu. Eventually the title was abandoned in the later Heian after the Ainu had been either su ...

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