Words similar to shogun
Example sentences for: shogun
How can you use “shogun” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
; a great Japanese shogun, C1423; Esau; the prince of peace; l'homme d'Or ; a mouse.
Built by the shogun in the 17th century for an abdicated emperor, Shugakuin is in fact three villas, each with airy teahouses in the gardens.
Of the Edo-era buildings that have survived or been restored, the most important are the main hall of Kan’eiji and the Toshogu Shrine to the first Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu — a lesser version of the great sanctum at Nikko, in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture (see page 64).
According to this actual historical account, an adviser to a Tokugawa period shogun antagonized a rival to the point where this rival drew his sword.
The 17th-century buildings owe much of their splendor to the structures brought here from Hideyoshi’s opulent Fushimi Castle on the south side of Kyoto (dismantled by a Tokugawa shogun in 1632).