shogun

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

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

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.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 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

He apparently performed for the shogun and the emperor of the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 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