Hopefully he'll be consistent and call shogun before his next fight!. From Wordnik.com. [UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com] Reference
This is the temple of the second shogun, which is noteworthy for the beauty of the decoration of the sanctum and the tomb. From Wordnik.com. [The Critic in the Orient] Reference
I also suspect that Dane 101's readership (well represented here by "shogun" in the initial comment) likely follows irrational suit. From Wordnik.com. [Dane101] Reference
You who live like a shogun cannot know our hard life. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
Hence Tsunayoshi's subsequent moniker, the dog shogun. From Wordnik.com. [1623] Reference
Fortunately for the Dutch, the shogun refused to take Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
First, in 1635 the shogun forbade his subjects to trade abroad. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
As for Tsunenari Tokugawa, he says it's a relief not to be shogun. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Bang Or A Big Bust?] Reference
Also, look for a special guest appearance by a popular shogun assassin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-09] Reference
But speaking of the shogun, don't expect James Clavell's slashing saga. From Wordnik.com. [Book review of "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet," a novel by David Mitchell] Reference
In the aftermath of V-J Day, Hoover cautioned Japan's new shogun, Douglas. From Wordnik.com. [Hoover and Truman - Introduction by Richard Norton Smith] Reference
Perhaps the shogun - one of the Tokuga-was, even - sat just here where we are. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
` ` And before you get to the shogun, you've got to go through a lot of ninjas. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Rule of Ashikaga Yoshimasa (b. 1436; r. 144974) as shogun and retired shogun. From Wordnik.com. [1336-1568] Reference
On 20 April 1692, a party of Dutchmen from Nagasaki had an audience with the shogun. From Wordnik.com. [A Shogun Examines Dutchmen « Far Outliers] Reference
The Japanese insisted that the shogun would be upset, for they carried his red seal. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
To smooth things over with the shogun, they decided to send a special embassy to Japan. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
They call him self-righteous, sleazy, a power-hungry political operator, a "shadow shogun.". From Wordnik.com. [It’s Hardball Season in Japan] Reference
No seppuku for my great-grandfather; the shogun would not grant him an honorable way to die. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
DPJ secretary-general Ichiro Ozawa leads a major faction and is viewed as a "shadow shogun.". From Wordnik.com. [The Real Yukio Hatoyama] Reference
Yoriie was exiled and his younger brother, Sanetomo (11921219), was made shogun by Tokimasa. From Wordnik.com. [b. Major Events] Reference
My mother, coming as she did from an upper-crust shogun family, would never have spoken to one. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife] Reference
King William II of Holland warned the shogun by letter of the futility of the seclusion policy. From Wordnik.com. [1837-53] Reference
Kenji noticed with amusement that the carved shogun bore more than a passing resemblance to Nakamura. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden of Rama]
But he is not my shogun, Kenji thought./must change this atmosphere before any serious discussion starts. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden of Rama]
So, perhaps, will Japan's shadow shogun -- the powerful backroom kingmakers who orchestrate LDP politics. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel With A Cause] Reference
Yoritomo had himself appointed Seii taishgun (barbarian-subduing great general), or shogun for short. From Wordnik.com. [b. Major Events] Reference
Now, two representatives of each clan openly duel for the pleasure of the retired shogun, Tokagawa Ieyasu. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Review: Basilisk Complete Series | The Anime Blog] Reference
About 20 years ago as I recall there was also an American clothing distributer selling "shogun washed" jeans. From Wordnik.com. [Why The British Shoot Shoes] Reference
A battle would be decreed and the next shogun would be chosen by whomever was left at the end of the ninpo war. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Review: Basilisk Complete Series | The Anime Blog] Reference
It comes from being so long in a feudal society, of giving blind obedience to the Emperor, the shogun, the daimyo. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
Through translators they would complain about Dutch rule and ask the shogun to take Taiwan under his protection. 87. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
This, he tells us, is "the Edo period, before the consolidation of the almost absolute power of the shogun in Kyoto.". From Wordnik.com. [Before Edo] Reference
'My great-grandfather left the service of the shogun when he was twenty-eight to become a ronin - do you know what that is?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
The Japanese were born followers; they had been bred to follow with blind obedience the dictates of the shogun even unto death. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
They duel now so that the shogun can gauge their talents so he may best know how to wield them or dispose of them if necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Review: Basilisk Complete Series | The Anime Blog] Reference
His mission was to persuade the shogun that the Dutch had not been mistreating Japanese traders or otherwise hindering their activities. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
Which is probably why "Yojimbo," though it's set at the end of the last shogun era, which ended in 1867, doesn't feel like a period film. From Wordnik.com. [That Nameless Stranger, Half a Century Later] Reference
Ozawa, a long-time political insider referred to as Japan's "shadow shogun," is fighting to win the party leadership in a vote on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [Japan's Prime Minister Fighting to Keep Post] Reference
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