Shogun

[Sarah]

A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the militarygovernor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation ofpower the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally thevirtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. [Writtenvariously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]

[Sarah]

In the feudeal Japan, the shogun title was know as the supreme military commander. The goverment they etablished were called Bakufu.

[Sarah]

Shogun was the ultimate rank one could achieve in Japan. The Shogun was the Supreme Military Dictator. Only one Daimyo (feudal lord) at a time could obtain the title. And only the His Imperial Highness, the reigning Emperor, the Divine Son of Heaven, who lived in seclusion with the Imperial Families at Kyoto, could grant the title. With the appointment of Shogun went absolute power: the Emperors

[Magaret]

[Explosive] and [dominant]; [puts] on exciting performances

[Luis Fok]

It that your [gun].

[Tina]

an [anti-gay] [slur], similar to [faggot]

[Dianne]

A hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.