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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.
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu (å¾³å·å¹åº) and the Edo bakufu (æ±æ¸å¹åº) , was the last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868. The heads of government were the shoguns, and each was a member of the Tokugawa clan.egardless of the political title of the Emperor, the shoguns of the Tokugawa family controlled Japan. The administration (ä½å¶, taisei) of Japan was a task given by the Imperial Court in Kyoto to the Tokugawa family, which they returned to the court in the Meiji Restoration.