公こう武ぶ合がっ体たい

noun

union of the court and the shogunate

Historical term referring to the late Edo period policy of strengthening ties between the Imperial court and the Tokugawa shogunate, often through marriage.

• 公こう武ぶ合がっ体たい政せい策さくの一いっ環かんとして、皇こう女じょ和宮かずのみやが将しょう軍ぐん家茂いえもちに降こう嫁かした。

  As part of the policy of court-shogunate union, Princess Kazunomiya married Shogun Iemochi.