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Bakufu originally described the dwelling and household of a shogun, but in time it came to be generally used in Japanese to describe the system of government exercised by the shoguns, and this is the meaning that has been adopted in English. An alternative term is shogunate. |
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Bakufu (幕府) originally described the dwelling and household of a shogun, but in time it came to be generally used in Japanese to describe the system of government exercised by the shoguns, and this is the meaning that has been adopted in English. An alternative term is shogunate. |
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