Word: tsunayoshi
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...China, during the Ch'ing dynasty, the Emperors' Pekingese were suckled by wet nurses, raised by eunuchs and given royal rank. Tsunayoshi, the "Dog Shogun" of 17th century Japan, distorted his nation's economy to pamper his 100,000 canines. Ovid and Catullus wrote poems to commemorate the deaths of their mistresses' birds, and trendy Romans kept pet turbot. Today a dog's vita can be just as dolce. Three years ago, Lady Beaverbrook booked all the seats in the business section of a jumbo jet so that she and her pooch could travel in solitary comfort...
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