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He was the third son of [[Tokugawa Mitsusada]] of the [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]], and succeeded his father as lord of the 555,000 ''[[koku]]'' domain of [[Wakayama han]] in [[1705]].
He was the third son of [[Tokugawa Mitsusada]] of the [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]], and succeeded his father as lord of the 555,000 ''[[koku]]'' domain of [[Wakayama han]] in [[1705]].
Among his many policies, he effected a dramatic increase in the domestic production of [[sugar]], [[silk]], and [[ginseng]], three goods which had previously been heavily imported, as part of efforts to stem the outflow of [[silver]] from the country.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 49-50.</ref>
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