Where does “鎮守府将軍” come from?

鎮守府将軍 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 将軍, from Japanese 征夷大将軍, from Japanese 大将軍 — a commander in chief, "especially"; the head of a...

鎮守府将軍 (Japanese): a commander of the northeastern military bases in defense against the 蝦夷

Definitions

  1. a commander of the northeastern military bases in defense against the 蝦夷

Ancestry of “鎮守府将軍”, step by step

鎮守府将軍 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 将軍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese将軍a commander of troops, "especially" of an...
2Japanese征夷大将軍a commander of an expeditionary force sent to...
3Japanese大将軍a commander in chief, "especially"; the head of a...

via Japanese 鎮守府

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鎮守府port district hosting an IJN naval base; naval district
2Japanese府The prefectural governments of Osaka and Kyoto
3Middle Chinese府—
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