Japanese symbol for “shogunate”
幕府
ばくふ
Romaji: bakufu
shogunate; bakufu
In Japanese, shogunate is 幕府, read ばくふ (bakufu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n shogunate; bakufu
- n shogun's headquarters
- n Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shogunate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幕政 | ばくせい bakusei | the shogunate (administration) |
| 公方 | くぼう kubou | public affairs; the court; the shogun |
| 将軍職 | しょうぐんしょく shougunshoku | the shogunate |
| 旧幕 | きゅうばく kyuubaku | the old feudal government; shogunate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開幕 | かいまく kaimaku | raising the curtain |
| 字幕 | じまく jimaku | subtitles; captioning |
| 幕末 | ばくまつ bakumatsu | Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period |
| 黒幕 | くろまく kuromaku | black curtain |
| 幕開け | まくあけ makuake | rise of the curtain; opening of a play |
| 政府 | せいふ seifu | government; administration; ministry |
| 都道府県 | とどうふけん todoufuken | prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures |
| 府立 | ふりつ furitsu | prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.