mikados
- plural of mikado.
Example Sentences
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He stands on the list as the first of the mikados, and the reigning emperor claims unbroken descent from him.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
This Japanese hero of romance, born 71 A.D., was the son of Keiko, the twelfth in line of the mikados.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
He lived to be one hundred and eleven years old, and was next to the last of the long lived mikados of Everlasting Great Japan.
From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa
From the far-off days of Jimmu, the first emperor, until a century after Buddhism was introduced, the mikados were the actual rulers of their people.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
Others were deposed, and neither mikados nor shoguns were permitted to reign except as puppets in the hands of the powerful regents of the realm.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
