Bakufu

The system of government established by Yeritomo towards the close of the twelfth century and kept in continuous operation thereafter until the middle of the nineteenth, was known as the Bakufu, a word literally signifying "camp office," and intended to convey the fact that the affairs of the empire were in the hands of the military.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

"Bakufu," or "Curtain Government," may be judged from the following graphic paragraph from _The Far East_:

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

When military clans began to monopolize Imperial power, the people distinctly recognized the nature of their methods and gave it the name of "Bakufu" or "curtain government," a roundabout expression for military government.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

Finally in 1715, under the proposal of Arai Hakuseki, who believed that foreign trade would ruin the Japanese economy, the Bakufu decided to close its door, or more accurately, to increase its control over foreign trade.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

Local officials preferred to wait for Japanese copper and were even willing to take the punishment for the delay of copper supply. 174 Had the Bakufu not limited its copper export, it would have been hard for Yunnan copper to compete with Japanese copper.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

Until a method attracted unfavourable attention by some scandal, only results were regarded by the Bakufu.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

The Bakufu (Sho [u] gunal Government) was compelled to look on, so great was her power at the castle.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

Government service; in younger years attached to the immediate train of the prince, in greater maturity to the enforcement of the edicts through the legal machinery of the Bakufu.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

At all events this rather disproportionate marriage was early proposed to the council of the Bakufu, and after some discussion accepted.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

The Bakufu determined to send an embassy to the Powers to beg them to suspend their treaties (2 January, 1862).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913