{"slug": "shogun", "label": "Shogun", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131767", "qid": "Q131767", "description": "military dictators of Japan, 1185–1868", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1185, 1868], "span_label": ["1185 CE", "1868 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Bakufu", "Shogunate", "Shōgun"], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-go-shirakawa", "label": "Emperor Go-Shirakawa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "minamoto-no-yoritomo", "label": "Minamoto no Yoritomo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "osaka", "label": "Osaka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tokugawa-shogunate", "label": "Tokugawa shogunate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nagasaki", "label": "Nagasaki", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kamakura-shogunate", "label": "Kamakura shogunate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "queen-consort", "label": "Queen consort", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-meiji", "label": "Emperor Meiji", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1185, "year_label": "1185 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "December – Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa grants Minamoto no Yoritomo the authority to form the first bakufu (shogunate) in Japan, ending the Genpei War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484284#Asia", "title": "1185", "revid": 1362484284, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – (Karoku 2, 27th day of 1st month) In Japan, 8-year-old Kujō Yoritsune is raised to the status of the Shōgun Fujiwara no Yoritsune of the Kamakura shogunate by the Emperor Go-Horikawa, but the power over the Imperial military remains with the regent Hōjō Yoshitoki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372695704#January_–_March", "title": "1226", "revid": 1372695704, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – The Tokugawa shogunate (Bakufu) in Japan forbids foreigners other than Chinese from traveling freely, or trading outside of the ports of Nagasaki and Hirado.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#July–August", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Rules are established for the Ōoku, the section of Edo Castle that housed the Shōgun's consort and his concubines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#January–March", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu of Japan issues the Sakoku Edict of 1635 outlawing Christianity, enforcing a policy of extreme isolationism (sakoku) until 1853.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369169348#Date_unknown", "title": "1633", "revid": 1369169348, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi becomes the new Shōgun of Japan upon the death of his older brother, Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had been shōgun for 29 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#April–June", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Shogunate confiscates the property of a merchant in Osaka \"for conduct unbecoming a member of the commercial class\". The government seizes 50 pairs of gold screens, 360 carpets, several mansions, 48 granaries and warehouses scattered around the country, and hundreds of thousands of gold pieces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355353320#Date_unknown", "title": "1705", "revid": 1355353320, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu declares the emperor's declaration \"illegal\", and prepares to attack Kyoto.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#January", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11–July – Fall of Edo: The Japanese city surrenders to Emperor Meiji. Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu submits to the Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#April", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › April"}}]}