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Definition of Mikado
1. Noun. The emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno.
Definition of Mikado
1. n. The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.
Definition of Mikado
1. Noun. (context: history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period. ¹
2. Noun. (context: literary) Any emperor of Japan. ¹
3. Noun. A game of skill, in which identical wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining sticks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mikado
1. an emperor of Japan [n -DOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mikado
Literary usage of Mikado
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"The mikado recovers power. Rapid transformation of Japan. stronghold of the ...
A civil war shortly broke out between the representatives of the mikado and ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"should be referred to the mikado for his decision. The mikado thereupon declared
his desire that care should be taken not to admit foreign diplomatists or ..."
3. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"CHARACTERS NANKI-POO, his son, disguised as a minstrel, in love with mikado of
Japan Baritone Yum-Yum Tenor Ko-Ko,Lord High Execution- er of Titipu Comedian ..."
4. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"Two nights later " The mikado " came to light. i> After the production of "
Princess Ida," a rumour had got about that Gilbert and Sullivan's next venture ..."
5. Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern History by Karl Julius Ploetz (1883)
"These unwarranted assumptions of power on the part of the shogun angered the
mikado and the Kioto court, where the foreigners were regarded with deep ..."
6. American Diplomacy in the Orient by John Watson Foster (1903)
"This was followed by the formal tender of his resignation, which was accepted by
the mikado. Many of his followers, however, refused to acquiesce in the ..."
7. Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern History by Karl Julius Ploetz (1911)
"25. Ratification of treaties extorted by the foreign powers. 1867. Nov. 19.
Resignation of Keiki, the last shogun. 1868. Restoration of the mikado. ..."
8. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"During the recent revolution a great effort has been mado by the adherents of
the mikado to revive tho ancient iaith and cast off whatever is of foreign ..."
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