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
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
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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