Tokugawa

[ taw-koo-gah-wah ]

noun

1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
2. a period of Japanese history under the rule of Tokugawa shoguns, characterized by a samurai ruling class, urbanization, and the growth of a merchant class.

Example Sentences

Lieutenant Tokugawa Nariaki was an average-sized, sleepy-looking individual with a balding crew cut and a morose expression.

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Hundreds of yards of canvas, with the Tokugawa trefoil, had been stretched along the road to Kurihma.

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In the opening years of the Tokugawa administration an uncompromising policy was pursued.

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This was one of the most remarkable measures conceived by the Tokugawa.

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These enactments constituted the complete criminal code of the Tokugawa.

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