HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Shogun
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Daimyo
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Samurai
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Emperor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shogun | PBS. In pre-modern Japan, the shogun was Japan’s supreme military leader, awarded the title by the emperor, and by tradition a descendant of the prestigious Minamoto clan. From 1603 through 1869, Japan was ruled by a series of shoguns known as the Tokugawa Shogunate, descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Detailed explanation-2: -shogun, (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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term shogun (, lit. “army commander") is the abbreviation of the historical title Sei-i Taishōgun (sei, ) means “conquer” or “subjugate” and (i, ) means “barbarian” or “savage".
Detailed explanation-4: -In practice, the emperor became ruler in name only and the shogun, or members of powerful families ruling in the name of the shogun, held the real power through the military. This continued through three dynasties of shoguns.
Detailed explanation-5: -The shogun was the supreme military and political commander of Japan.