Japan—died Jan. 22, 1913, Tokyo), the last Tokugawa shogun of Japan, who helped make the Meiji Restoration (1868)—the overthrow of the shogunate and restoration of power to the emperor—a relatively peaceful transition.
(redirected from Shogun of Japan)Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia. sho·gun (shō′gən) n. One of a line of military commanders who from 1192 until 1867 were generally the actual rulers of Japan, although nominally subordinate to the emperor. [Japanese shōgun, general, from ...
The Redface Pox is an unusual disease that began to spread across the male population of Japan during the Edo period. As a result, women begin to outnumber men, and roles that are typically given to men are now passed to their female counterparts - including the Shogun. As you can exp...
The Last Shogun: General Douglas MacArthur and the Institution of the Dictator in the Transition of Japan to a Constitutional Democracy Post-WWIIDaniel Tyler Brooks
Nihon,Nippon,Japan- a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
6 . In the eighteenth century, Japan's feudal overlords (封建领主), from the shogun (幕府将军) to the humblest samurai (武士), found themselves under financial stress. In fact, this stress can be attributed to the overlords' failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, but the ...
Black and white biopic of Kondo Isami, the head of a rural school of swordsmanship who became the legendary leader of the Shinsengumi. The Shinsengumi were a special police force acting on behalf of the last Tokugawa shogun during the ...See more Read more: Plot summary Director Toshikazu...
Shogun Based on James Clavell’s most acclaimed of novel, previously adapted into a miniseries, Shogun takes place in feudal Japan where the west collides with the east. John Blackthorne is an English sailor who finds himself shipwrecked off the Japanese coast. Unfamiliar with the land, he soon...
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, last shogun of the Tokugawa clan, crumbled under the continuous pressure of the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance. On the 9th of November 1867, he “put his prerogatives at the Emperor’s disposal” and resigned. The young Prince Mutsuhito became Emperor, taking up the name Meiji, ...
The film centers around a lone mercenary named Jubei who crosses paths with the vicious Toyotomi Shogun of the Dark and the Eight Devils of Kimon - a band of ruthless killers with special powers and abilities. Few anime films can match its intensity. ...