SHOGUN
Shogun
A was often one of the hereditary military governors of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shōguns, or their shikken regents, were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor. When Portuguese explorers first came into contact with the Japanese, they described Japanese conditions in analogy, likening the emperor, with great symbolic authority but little political power, to the Pope, and the shōgun to secular European rulers, e.g. the King of Portugal. In keeping with the analogy, they even used the term "emperor" in reference to the shōgun/regent, e.g. in the case of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whom ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Shogun
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shogun
Noun
- The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
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