Example sentences for: tokugawa

How can you use “tokugawa” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This most faithful lieutenant of the Tokugawa clan distinguished himself by planting the cedar forest around the shoguns’ mausoleums at Nikko.

  • Built by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1603 for his occasional, reluctant visits to Kyoto (under imperial command), the castle was taken over by the Emperor Meiji after the restoration of 1868.

  • The 20th century saw a stupendous release of energies that had been pent up for the 250 years of Tokugawa isolation.

  • In 1868 the Satsuma and Choshu clans, never a real threat to Tokugawa authority as long as they remained rivals, joined forces to overthrow the shogun and restore the authority of the emperor, the 14-year-old Mitsuhito.

  • North of the city center, Ueno was chosen in 1625 by the Tokugawa Shogun Hidetaka as the site of a vast temple complex.


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