mikado

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“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

Gradually the mikado became surrounded by a hedge of etiquette which removed him from the view of the outer world.

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

After conquering all his enemies he visited Kioto, where he astonished the court of the mikado by the splendor of his retinue and the magnificence of his military shows, athletic games, and ceremonial banquets.

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