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- noun Plural form of
shogun .
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Examples
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From the establishment of the first fixed capital at Nara in 710 until 1867, the emperors of the Yamato dynasty were the nominal rulers, but actual power was usually held by powerful court nobles, regents, or "shoguns" (military governors).
unknown title 2009
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From the establishment of the first fixed capital at Nara in 710 until 1867, the emperors of the Yamato dynasty were the nominal rulers, but actual power was usually held by influential court nobles, regents, or "shoguns" (military governors).
unknown title 2009
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From the establishment of the first fixed capital at Nara in 710 until 1867, the emperors of the Yamato dynasty were the nominal rulers, but actual power was usually held by powerful court nobles, regents, or "shoguns" (military governors).
unknown title 2009
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By the 1850's and 60's, shoguns almost never even left Edo Castle.
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By the 1850's and 60's, shoguns almost never even left Edo Castle.
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A young lord is about to rise to ultimate power over all the shoguns, which will be disastrous.
Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Festival Days 7 and 8: Boston, Beliefs and Bang Bang Club 2010
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As the rule of the shoguns was replaced with that of the emperor, Japan began to open up to ideas from Europe and the United States.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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The one awarded the post of official sword teacher to the shoguns.
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A young lord is about to rise to ultimate power over all the shoguns, which will be disastrous.
Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Festival Days 7 and 8: Boston, Beliefs and Bang Bang Club 2010
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A Dutch-Japanese phrase book, compiled in 1770 for a trade legation from Holland -- the only Westerners permitted to reside on Japanese soil by the xenophobic shoguns -- had a mere 80 phrases.
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