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Ieyoshi's grave at Zôjô-ji in Tokyo
Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th Tokugawa shogun.
The only surviving son of Tokugawa Ienari not adopted away into another samurai family, he succeeded his father as shogun on 1837/9/2 following Ienari's abdication.
Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit Nikkô Tôshôgû, doing so in 1841.
Following his death in 1853, Ieyoshi was succeeded by his son Tokugawa Iesada.
| Preceded by: Tokugawa Ienari |
Tokugawa Shogun 1837-1853 |
Succeeded by: Tokugawa Iesada |
References
- Evelyn Rawski, Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives, Cambridge University Press (2015), 161.
