shoguns

Cultural  

1. Japanese military leaders who ruled the country from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries. There was still an emperor in Japan under the shoguns, but he was reduced to a mere figurehead.

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shoguns

It was worn by the Tokugawa shoguns and declared a national treasure of Japan in 1939.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2018

Fans get a sneak peak at a training session for hosts who appear to be shoguns.

From Time ● Dec. 5, 2016

For her, World War II must seem as remote as the time of the shoguns.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2015

The parallel Kano school, which looked to China, and specifically monochromatic brush painting, for its sources, was favored by the neo-Confucian shoguns.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2014

We saw the university and the park where the tombs of the shoguns are, and those tombs are wonderful, just to look at from the car.

From Letters from China and Japan by John Dewey