bakufu

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noun

A shogunate; the office and administration of a shogun.

OriginJapanese 幕府 →
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Meanings

nounbakufu (plural bakufu or bakufus)

plural bakufus

  1. A shogunate; the office and administration of a shogun.

    Later, however, Edo received a request from Kyoto that Yoshiatsu and members of the procourt faction at Mito accompany the shogun, and in the outcome the bakufu yielded to the request.

    1980, Conrad D. Totman, The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu: 1862-1868, page 51

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shogunate

Origin

  1. Japanese幕府
  2. Englishbakufu

From Japanese 幕府 (bakufu).

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APA

bakufu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakufu

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Chicago

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