Meaning of shogun | Babel Free

Definitions

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

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Examples

“The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent, and hath rayſed the perſecution (whereof this booke intreateth) againſt the Chriſtians, and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia.”

“Two shōguns in particular, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) and Yoshimasa (1436–1490), have left their villas, almost all that remain of their retirement temple complexes.”

“People were in a panic, and the two shōgun were grief-stricken and deeply afraid.”

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