SHOGUN SHOWDOWNS
What was the nature of the shogunate during the Sengoku period?
Our more ‘modern’ sense of what the word ‘shogun’ means comes in the late Heian period, when you have emperors and retired emperors prepared to use the samurai houses as pawns in their own struggle over power. So, a shogunate gets confirmed because an emperor wants some samurai muscle, and it’s a title that can either reflect who the top dog is among the
