Exempel på shogun

• Even given the overwhelming power of the shogun, however, the city did not develop a distinct culture at that stage.

• The political situation was then thrown into turmoil by the untimely deaths of both the young shogun and the young emperor.

• Moreover, paying their stipends was a heavy burden on the shogun or the local prince (daimyo).

• At the top, there was the dualism between the ceremonial head of state, the emperor, and the military power-holder, the shogun.

• Edo's past, however, was of little matter, because it was rebuilt into a metropolis literally through the tremendous in-uence of the shogun's presence there.

• Kuge families planned to use marriage with the shogun family as a means to expand their own power base.

• As an extreme case, the very institution of marriage disappeared for the daughters born into the households of emperors, princes, and shoguns in the fifteenth century.

• The area had shrines dedicated to former shoguns in which ceremonies were conducted in memory of them and were held regularly.

• The metsuke, reporting to the wakadoshiyori, oversaw the affairs of the vassals of the shogun.

• The decoration includes lavish quantities of gold leaf and elaborate wood carvings, intended to impress visitors with the power and wealth of the shoguns.

• According to legend, a young samurai dared to ride his horse up the stairs to deliver plum blossoms to the shogun.

• The building houses several different reception chambers, offices and the living quarters of the shogun, where only female attendants were allowed.

• Bakufu could also mean tent government and was the way the government was run under a shogun.

• The missions served a similar function for the shogunate at times, helping to create the image that the shogun's power and influence extended overseas.

• That same year, 1469, the shogun officially named his son heir.