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Shogun   /ʃˈoʊgən/   Listen
Shogun

noun
(Written variously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc)
1.
A hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68.





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"Shogun" Quotes from Famous Books



... Although the Restoration of 1868 nominally gave back to the Throne all it had been forced to leave in other hands since 1603, that transfer of power was imaginary rather than real, the new military organization which succeeded the Shogun's government being the vital portion of the Restoration. In other words, it was the leaders of Japan's conscript armies who inherited the real power, a fact made amply evident by the crushing of the Satsuma Rebellion by these new corps whose organization allowed them to overthrow the proudest ...
— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale


Words linked to "Shogun" :   potentate, Japanese, Nipponese, dictator


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