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t. e. Shogun ( English: / ˈʃoʊɡʌn / SHOH-gun; [ 1] Japanese: 将軍, romanized : shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, " Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), [ 2] was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to ...
For example, Kose no Maro had the title of Mutsu Chintō Shōgun (陸奥鎮東将軍, lit. "Great General of Subduing Mutsu"). Ki no Kosami had the title of Seitō Taishōgun (征東大将軍, lit. "Commander-in-chief for the pacification of the East") [ 5] in 789 which is less important than Sei-i Taishōgun. Ōtomo no Otomaro was the first ...
Genpei war (1180 - 1185) Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate and of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan. [ 2] He was the husband of Hōjō Masako who acted as regent ( shikken) after his death.
Minamoto clan. Minamoto (源) was a noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility since 814. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Several noble lines were bestowed the surname, the most notable of which was the Seiwa Genji, whose descendants ...
v. t. e. The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
The military history of Japan covers a vast time-period of over three millennia - from the Jōmon ( c. 1000 BC) to the present day. After a long period of clan warfare until the 12th century, there followed feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate. History of Japan records that a military class and the Shōgun ...
Hatamoto. A hatamoto ( 旗本, "Guardian of the banner") was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. [ 1] While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper ...
A rack of Japanese tanegashima (matchlocks) of the Edo period, Himeji Castle, Japan. Firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century during the first Mongol invasion, referred to as teppō. [ 1] Portuguese firearms were introduced in 1543, [ 2] and intense development followed, with strong local manufacture during the period of conflicts ...