大将軍

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

• (Tokyo) たいしょ​ーぐん [tàíshóꜜògùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕo̞ːɡɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

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

1. (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]
2. the head of a samurai family or other warrior class
3. the leader of a faction, cabal, , or other group of conspirators
4. (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).

• 八(はち)将(しょう)神(じん) (hachishōjin): 太(たい)歳(さい) (taisai), 大(たい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (taishōgun), 大(だい)陰(おん) (daion), 歳(さい)刑(きょう) (saikyō), 歳(さい)破(は) (saiha), 歳(さい)殺(せつ) (saisetsu), 黄(おう)幡(ばん) (ōban), 豹(ひょう)尾(び) (hyōbi)