mikado

“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,” said Laura Hureski, stretching out on a bench on the museum lawn in her flowing ivory mikado wedding gown one afternoon in August.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

The groom’s eyes began welling with tears when the bride, stunning in an strapless, ivory-colored silk mikado Monique Lhuillier dress, began making her way down the aisle to Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018

The Japanese emperor, the mikado, governed by divine right of kings until 1945.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016

While Nitta was winning this signal victory, others were in arms for the mikado elsewhere, and everywhere the Hojo power went down.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

It was defended by the adherents of the shogun, now the supporters of the mikado.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

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 Charles Morris

He had been the counsellor of five mikados.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

The same was the case with the mikados, who were also creatures of the Hojo clan.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

If this thing from time to time may cause the foreigner to retire, and partly tranquillize the manes of departed mikados and tycoons, I shall take to myself the highest praise.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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