shogun

He could defend himself, issue the order for Crimson Sky, make war on Osaka, declare himself shogun — but he won’t.

There is no shogun, no unquestioned and absolute ruler, holding the country’s fractious lords together when “Shogun” begins.

He was adopted by his uncle, who served the shogun as a maker of mirrors, and at age 19 he entered the studio of Shunsho, who specialized in imagery of actors and women.

Rucci dubbed one of the most magnificent of the robes “the shogun caftan.”

The word “meyasubako,” meaning a petition box in Japan under the shogun, appeared for the first time yesterday in The Times in an article about taking suggestions.