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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sei-i Taishōgun canonical 3
Chinjufu-shōgun 1
Sei-i Taishogun 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese historical title
de facto ruler
military office
abolishedEvent Meiji Restoration
abolishedIn 1868
alsoKnownAs Sei-i Taishogun
linked to: Sei-i Taishōgun

Seii Taishōgun
linked to: Seii Taishogun

shogun
associatedWith bakufu
shogunate
ceremonialSuperior Emperor of Japan
contrastedWith Emperor as ceremonial figurehead
country Japan
deFactoPowerOver Japanese feudal lords
Japanese government
linked to: Government of Japan

Japanese military
domainOf domestic administration
foreign relations of Japan
national defense of Japan
firstHolder Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
firstHolderInFeudalSense Minamoto no Yoritomo
governmentType military dictatorship
grantedBy Imperial court of Japan
historicalPeriod Azuchi–Momoyama period
Edo period
Kamakura period
Muromachi period
inceptionAsFeudalOffice 1192
lastHolder Tokugawa Yoshinobu
legalStatus imperial appointment
literalMeaning Great General who subdues the barbarians
nativeLabel 征夷大将軍
partOf Japanese feudal system
politicalRole de facto head of state
supreme military commander
positionHeldBy Ashikaga Takauji
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Oda Nobunaga
Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
powerBase daimyō
samurai class
residence Edo
Kamakura
Kyoto
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan

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Tokugawa Ieyasu positionHeld Sei-i Taishōgun
Seii Taishogun alsoKnownAs Sei-i Taishōgun
Sei-i Taishōgun alsoKnownAs Sei-i Taishogun
linked to: Sei-i Taishōgun
Minamoto no Yoshiie rank Chinjufu-shōgun
linked to: Sei-i Taishōgun
Kantō Kanrei subordinateTo Sei-i Taishōgun