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Definition of Mikados
1. mikado [n] - See also: mikado
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mikados
Literary usage of Mikados
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions: With the Narrative of a Visit by Edward James Reed (1880)
"... divine descent of the mikados—Jimmu-Tenno, the first emperor—The mikados
themselves gods—Newer views—The old views said to be reconcilable with science. ..."
2. Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: Japan and China by Charles Morris (1904)
"For centuries afterwards Corea served as the channel through which the arts and
thoughts of Asia reached the empire of the mikados. ..."
3. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Communal Dragon—Savage Saviours—A Mimac helper—The Brutal Dragon—Woman
protected—The Saint of the mikados. THE realm of the Unknown has now, ..."
4. Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions: With the Narrative of a Visit by Edward James Reed (1880)
"... of the mikados—Tomb of the war-gud Ojin— Raised river-beds—Village
graveyards—Scenery—River navigation— The ancient temples of Hori-uji—Relic of ..."
5. East by West: A Journey in the Recess by Henry William Lucy (1885)
"THE CAPITAL OF THE mikados. OF all the towns in Japan accessible to the foreigner
Kioto is by far the most interesting. Compared with it, in point of years, ..."
6. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1896)
"... the mikados. MOUTZ HITO (b. 1852), who then became absolute ruler, has shown
himself very open to the influence of western civilisation. ..."
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