shogun
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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
The edict was not enforced, but the Jesuits, alarmed, asked Christian daimyos to help them attack the shogun, which they refused to do.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
He apparently performed for the shogun and the emperor of the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022
One of the first is a private tour of Nijo Castle, the residence of Japan’s first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, conveniently located next to the hotel.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 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
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East Asia - Middle School
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