*The term ''Nihon-koku [[taikun]]'' (or Great Prince of Japan) is coined and begins to be used to refer to the [[shogun]], thus avoiding the political/diplomatic ramifications of allowing him to be called King of Japan (which would imply that, like the Kings of Korea and Ryukyu, he acknowledged and submitted himself to the higher authority of the Chinese Emperor). | *The term ''Nihon-koku [[taikun]]'' (or Great Prince of Japan) is coined and begins to be used to refer to the [[shogun]], thus avoiding the political/diplomatic ramifications of allowing him to be called King of Japan (which would imply that, like the Kings of Korea and Ryukyu, he acknowledged and submitted himself to the higher authority of the Chinese Emperor). |