shikken

English

Etymology

From Japanese 執権.

Noun

shikken (plural shikkens or shikken)

  1. (historical) A member of the Hōjō clan who served as regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period.

Japanese

Romanization

shikken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しっけん