shoguns in English
Over time, these powerful families were, in turn, replaced as the real - but unofficial - locus of power by various shoguns .
Use "shoguns" in a sentence
1. Samurai warriors of the Shoguns rubbed shoulders with Eskimos and headhunters.
2. The rule of the Shoguns was feasible, of course, only under strict discipline and what amounted to a police state.
3. The shoguns themselves lacked the personal charisma of their early predecessors and divisions within the Bakufu hierarchy and Tokugawa followers increased.
4. Military dictators, called shoguns, actually had the waters transported in wooden barrels supported by poles from Atami to Edo (Tokyo) —a distance of 70 miles [110 km]— on the shoulders of human carriers.