shogun

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

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.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

He debuted the shogun on the red carpeted staircase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when he arrived for the 2010 Costume Institute gala.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

In November, the reigning shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned and relinquished his power, and in January 1868 the emperor officially proclaimed the end of the shogunate.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

“Word has it,” Marie-Laure overhears one taxidermist telling another, “the stone is from Japan, it’s very ancient, it belonged to a shogun in the eleventh century.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr