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Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. His reign saw many of the key events of the [[Bakumatsu period]], including the coming of [[Commodore Perry]], the [[Convention of Kanagawa]], and the [[Harris Treaty]], and the beginnings of the factionalism and political tensions which would eventually [[Meiji Restoration|topple the shogunate]].
Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. His reign saw many of the key events of the [[Bakumatsu period]], including the coming of [[Commodore Perry]], the [[Convention of Kanagawa]], and the [[Harris Treaty]], and the beginnings of the factionalism and political tensions which would eventually [[Meiji Restoration|topple the shogunate]].
He married [[Takatsukasa Atsuko]], also known as Arigimi, in [[1842]], but she died shortly afterward, in [[1848]].<ref>"Arigimi no okata gogekô gogyôretsu no zu," gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.</ref>
Iesada succeeded his father [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] on [[1853]]/10/23 following Ieyoshi's death earlier that year.
Iesada succeeded his father [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] on [[1853]]/10/23 following Ieyoshi's death earlier that year.