Sei-i Taishōgun

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Sei-i Taishōgun was the title of Japan’s military dictator, commonly known as the shogun, who wielded de facto political power while the emperor remained a ceremonial figurehead.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical title
de facto ruler
military office
abolishedEvent Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
abolishedIn 1868
alsoKnownAs Sei-i Taishogun NERFINISHED
Seii Taishōgun NERFINISHED
shogun NERFINISHED
associatedWith bakufu NERFINISHED
shogunate
ceremonialSuperior Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Emperor as ceremonial figurehead
country Japan
deFactoPowerOver Japanese feudal lords
Japanese government NERFINISHED
Japanese military
domainOf domestic administration
foreign relations of Japan
national defense of Japan
firstHolder Sakanoue no Tamuramaro NERFINISHED
firstHolderInFeudalSense Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED
governmentType military dictatorship
grantedBy Imperial court of Japan NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED
Edo period NERFINISHED
Kamakura period NERFINISHED
Muromachi period NERFINISHED
inceptionAsFeudalOffice 1192
lastHolder Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED
legalStatus imperial appointment
literalMeaning Great General who subdues the barbarians
nativeLabel 征夷大将軍 NERFINISHED
partOf Japanese feudal system
politicalRole de facto head of state
supreme military commander
positionHeldBy Ashikaga Takauji NERFINISHED
Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED
Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Hidetada NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Iemitsu NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED
Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED
powerBase daimyō
samurai class
residence Edo NERFINISHED
Kamakura NERFINISHED
Kyoto NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED

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Tokugawa Ieyasu positionHeld Sei-i Taishōgun