A title given to the chief military commander between the 8th and 12th centuries CE After the 12th century, the term applied to the hereditary official who governed Japan with the emperor in only a titular role This lasted until 1868 Areas ruled by a shogun are called a shogunate
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan
In all actuality, the head of governing affairs within a military society, yet they were praised as lords and gods The previous leaders of the Eremento-jin were considered at this calibre, yet things have lowered rings a little bit God was an understatement, but that's a mere translation on an englishman's behalf quite a long time ago
{i} hereditary military commander that ruled Japan between the 8th and 19th centuries
By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan
Abbreviated form of Sei-I-Tai Shogun ('barbarian subduing general') The hereditary commander of the Japanese army who, until the revolution of 1867, exercised absolute rule under the nominal leadership of the emperor The rank to which all Daimyo's aspired
a military leader in Japan until the middle of the 19th century. (Japanese; "barbarian-quelling generalissimo") In Japanese history, a military ruler. The title was first used during the Heian period, when it was occasionally bestowed on a general after a successful campaign. In 1185 Minamoto Yoritomo gained military control of Japan; seven years later he assumed the title of shogun and formed the first bakufu, or shogunate (see Kamakura period). Later Kamakura shoguns lost real power to the Hj family while remaining rulers in name. Ashikaga Takauji received the title of shogun in 1338 and established the Ashikaga shogunate (see Muromachi period), but his successors enjoyed even less control over Japan than had the Kamakura shoguns, and the country gradually fell into civil war (see nin War). Tokugawa Ieyasu's shogunate (see Tokugawa period) proved the most durable, but the Japanese penchant for titular rulers prevailed, and in time a council of elders from the main branches of the Tokugawa clan ruled from behind the scenes. Since the title of shogun ultimately came from the emperor, he became a rallying point for those who brought down the shogunate in the Meiji Restoration
a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68