Examples of 'shōgun' in a sentence
Meaning of "shōgun"
To act like or imitate a shōgun, a military commander-in-chief in Japan during the feudal period. For example, 'He tried to shōgun his way to dominance within the organization.'
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- Alternative form of shogun
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Ietsugu became the seventh shōgun.
The shōgun was now the uncle of the sitting monarch.
The heads of government were the shōgun.
The shōgun even employed them as tax collectors in the city.
He was the second man to be given the title of shōgun.
The former shōgun lived in exile in the home of the daimyō of that han.
Yoshimune was not the son of any former shōgun.
The connection between the shōgun and the shugo lords tightened as shogunal control increased.
Yoshiaki officially resigns from his post as shōgun.
Shōgun is a military rank and historical title in Japan.
Yoshinori appointed shōgun.
Each shōgun during this period was a member of the Tokugawa clan.
He worked as an instructor for infantry in the army of the shōgun.
Likewise a daughter of the last shōgun married a second cousin of Emperor Shōwa.
He was considered highly successful in his dealings with the shōgun.
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It was passed down from one Shōgun to the next.
His words were spoken and written down at the time of his abdication as shōgun.
Kikkawa was a retainer of a vassal of the Shōgun under the Mōri clan.
Hakuseki applied the mandate of heaven to both the emperor and the shōgun.
The orders of the Emperor and the shōgun made little difference.
The title and position were conferred in the name of the shōgun.
The years in which Yoshikazu was shōgun are encompassed within a single era name or nengō.
This person acted as a liaison between the shōgun and the rōjū.
Then the Shōgun can not undertake anything of importance without his approval.
One of the clan plans to sell out the secret to the shōgun.
The shōgun would correspond at the same time with gifts to the Dutch.
He used an ancient court ranking system by having the young shōgun participate in it.
The shōgun did not seek the consent or advice of the Emperor for his actions.
He was the first of a line of Ashikaga shōgun.
The Shōgun was impressed by the young actor and began to compose a friendship with him.
He even refused a direct order from the Shōgun himself.
FX is bringing back Shōgun to the small screen.
A showpiece is a carrier coach of the woman of a shōgun from Japan.
Kamakura was finally attacked by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori and retaken by force.
The area was the home of the first Tokugawa shōgun.
He was a supporter of the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
The area was also a favored hunting grounds for the Shōgun.
A daughter of his was a consort of shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
He died by drowning in Mutsu Province while attending to his concurrent post as shōgun.
Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate.
There have been three computer games based on the Shōgun novel.
The ruling shōgun during the famine was Tokugawa Iemitsu.
There were no male adults admitted onto the floor of the Ōoku without the shōgun.
The trademark was given by the shōgun Ieyasu Tokugawa.
Buchanan presented them with a gold watch engraved with his likeness as a gift to the Shōgun.
Yoshikazu was the son of the fourth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
His younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki became the fifteenth shōgun.
Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori.
Sagara Domain became a tenryō territory ruled directly by the Shōgun.
Yoshimochi was the son of the third shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
