mikado

“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,” said Laura Hureski, stretching out on a bench on the museum lawn in her flowing ivory mikado wedding gown one afternoon in August.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

The groom’s eyes began welling with tears when the bride, stunning in an strapless, ivory-colored silk mikado Monique Lhuillier dress, began making her way down the aisle to Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018

The Japanese emperor, the mikado, governed by divine right of kings until 1945.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016

It was defended by the adherents of the shogun, now the supporters of the mikado.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

If it was by order of the mikado half only of a traitor’s property was forfeited to the state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

He stands on the list as the first of the mikados, and the reigning emperor claims unbroken descent from him.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

If this thing from time to time may cause the foreigner to retire, and partly tranquillize the manes of departed mikados and tycoons, I shall take to myself the highest praise.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

This Japanese hero of romance, born 71 A.D., was the son of Keiko, the twelfth in line of the mikados.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

For more than two centuries the Ashikaga lorded it over Japan, as the Hojo had done before them, and the mikados were tools in their strong hands.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

In the Japanese year 1 appeared a conqueror, Jimmu Tennō by name, the first of the mikados or emperors.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris