shōgun

Noun

shōgun (plural shōguns or shōgun)

1. Alternative form of shogun
   • 2000, J. Edward Kidder, Jr., “Kyoto”, in William M[ichael] Johnston, editor, Encyclopedia of Monasticism, volumes 1 (A–L), Chicago, Ill., London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, →ISBN, page 732:

     Two shōguns in particular, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) and Yoshimasa (1436–1490), have left their villas, almost all that remain of their retirement temple complexes.

   • 2019, Molly Vallor, Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, Leiden, Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, page 147:

     People were in a panic, and the two shōgun were grief-stricken and deeply afraid.

Anagrams

• snough

Romanization

shōgun

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょうぐん