大将軍

See also: 大將軍 and 大将军

Japanese

Alternative spelling
大將軍 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 大將軍 (MC dajH tsjang kjun), equivalent to 大 (tai-, “great, major”) +‎ 将軍 (shogun, “commander”).

大(たい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) • (taishōgun) ^{←たいしやうぐん (taisyaugun)^?}

(military, historical) a commander in chief, especially:
1. under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, a commander of three lesser 将軍 (shōgun) each commanding 3000 soldiers [from Asuka to Nara period]
2. a commander of an expeditionary force with the task of subduing rebels against the imperial court or barbarians [from Nara to Heian period]
3. a commanding officer of the imperial court leading a group of samurai from relating or dependent families [since the end of the Heian period]
4. a shogun [since the Kamakura period]
the head of a samurai family or other warrior class
the leader of a faction, cabal, , or other group of conspirators
(cosmology) in Onmyodo, one of the eight gods of the 暦 (koyomi, “almanac”)

Also attested with the rare readings だいしょうぐん (daishōgun) and だいじょうぐん (daijōgun).

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN