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bakufu en · NOUN

Etymology

From Japanese 幕府 (bakufu).

Meanings

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)

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