Etymology

shikken

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Today it means: A member of the Hōjō clan who served as regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period. Full definition →

Japanese 執権
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from執権
  2. English todayshikken

From Japanese 執権.

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