Glossary of Japanese History - G

G

• gaikoku bugyō - commissioners appointed to oversee foreign trade and relations between 1858 and 1868.
• Genkō War (元弘の乱, Genkō no Ran) - a civil war which marked the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and end of the power of the Hōjō clan
• Genpei War (源平合戦 Genpei Kassen) (1180–1185) - a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans and in late-Heian period Japan that resulted with the defeat of the Taira.
• genrō (元老) - unofficial term for retired Japanese statesmen considered "founding fathers" of modern Japan who served as informal advisors to the emperor during the Meiji and Taisho periods.
• gokenin (or kenin) - A vassal of the shogun during the Kamakura, Ashikaga and Tokugawa shogunates.
• Gosanke - Three branches of the Tokugawa clan from which a shogun might be chosen if the main line became extinct. Established by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early Edo period. They were the daimyos of the Owari (or Bishū), Kii (or Kishū), and Mito Han.
• Gosankyō - Three branches of the Tokugawa clan from which a shogun might be chosen if the main line became extinct. Established by Tokugawa Yoshimune in the middle of the Edo period.
• gosho (御所) - The Emperor's throne or his residence. The residence of a member of the Imperial family, and a term to indicate those members. The residence of a prince or shogun, and a term for prince or shogun.
• gōzoku (豪族) - local samurai clans with significant local land holdings.