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Noun. 1. shogunate-a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, absolutism.
Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun (1192â1199) of the Kamakura shogunate. A shogun (å°è», shÅgun, [ÉoËÉ¡uÍÉ´] (listen), general, literally military Commander) was a hereditary military dictator in Japan during the period from 1192 to 1867, with some caveats.he role of the emperor was ceremonial, similar to the position of the Japanese monarchy after the Second World War. A shogun was a military leader equivalent to a general, and at various times in the first millennium, shoguns held temporary power, but it became a symbol of military control over the country.