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執権 (しっけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

執しっ権けん

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Meanings

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noun

regent to the shogunate

Historical title for the Hōjō clan regents who held de facto power in the Kamakura shogunate.

北ほう条じょう氏しは執しっ権けんとして鎌かま倉くら幕ばく府ふの実じっ権けんを握にぎった。
The Hōjō clan held real power in the Kamakura shogunate as regents.

Kanji

執tenacious, take hold, grasp
権authority, power, rights

Similar words

将しょう軍ぐん
将軍 is the shogun, the nominal military ruler, while 執権 was the regent who often controlled the shogunate from behind the scenes.

Etymology

From 執 (to hold, administer) and 権 (power, authority). The term specifically refers to the regent position established by Hōjō Tokimasa in the early Kamakura period.