A map of shugo territories from the Kamakura period
Shugo (守護), commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan. The position gave way to the emergence of the daimyo (feudal lords) in the late 15th century, as shugo began to claim power over lands themselves, rather than serving simply as governors on behalf of the shogunate.
Shugo (守護), commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were...
'large', and myō stands for myōden (名田), meaning 'private land'. From the shugo of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period to the daimyo of the...
Shugo Oshinari (忍成 修吾, Oshinari Shūgo, born March 5, 1981) is a Japanese actor. Oshinari co-starred in Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou with Hayato...
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the authority of the Shugo (守護), the local military and police officials established by the Kamakura shogunate, giving the Shugo jurisdiction over land...
Shugo Nishikawa (西川 周吾, Nishikawa Shugo, born May 27, 1977) is a former Japanese footballer. He is the current head coach of the Hokuriku University soccer...
Shugo Maki (牧 秀悟, Maki Shugo, born April 21, 1998) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infield for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He started...
Shugo Fujii (藤井 秀悟, Fujii Shūgo, born May 12, 1977 in Iyo, Ehime, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. Career statistics and player...
in Nintendo's Mario franchise. Camelot was founded on April 4, 1994 by Shugo Takahashi, the brother of producer Hiroyuki Takahashi, with the intention...
Takeda Nobukata (1420–71) inherited the titles of Shugo of Wakasa from his brother Nobuhide, and that of Shugo of Aki from his father Nobushige. During the...
seat. It seems that there was no office of shugo before the Jōkyū War. It is unknown where the original shugo's residence was, but afterwards, it transferred...
Shugo Hayasaka (早坂 秀悟, Hayasaka Shūgo, born 22 January 1986) is a Japanese male track cyclist and professional keirin cyclist. He won the silver medal...
representatives of provincial shugo when the shugo could not exercise his power, being often away from his province. Unlike shugo, who were appointed from...
Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and has won nine times...
Setsuyōshū. As for the shugo's mansion, at first, Yamashiro Province shugo and Kyoto shugo were concurrent posts, so the Kyoto shugo's kogenin's mansion had...
the Sengoku period, the Toki clan ruled Mino Province. Toki Yasuyuki was shugo (governor) of Mino, Owari and Ise. When shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had tried...
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