• (SHOH-guh-nate) The government of medieval Japan in which the [Shogun], a military and civil regent, served as the actual leader, while the emperor was the symbolic head of the state and religion. There were three shogunates throughout Japanese history - 1) the Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333), 2) the Ashikaga Shogunate ([1336]–1573), and 3) the [Tokugawa] Shogunate (1603–1868).


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