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[[Image:Iemochi.jpg|right|thumb|'''Tokugawa Iemochi''']]

[[Image:Iemochi.jpg|right|thumb|'''Tokugawa Iemochi''']]

Tokugawa Iemochi was born in the Kishu Tokugawa residence in Edo in 1846.

Tokugawa Iemochi was born in the Kishu Tokugawa residence in Edo in 1846.

He became the head of the Kishu Tokugawa at age four.

He became the head of the [[Kii Tokugawa han|Kishu Tokugawa]] at age four.

In [[1858]], he became the 14th Tokugawa Shogun by the recommendation of [[Ii Naosuke]].

 

There was a faction that supported [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] as successor to the shogun [[Tokugawa Iesada|Iesada]], but when Iesada died in [[1858]], Iemochi became the 14th Tokugawa Shogun by the recommendation of [[Ii Naosuke]].

This was during the [[Bakumatsu period]], and the [[Bakufu]] was pressured by both internal elements ([[Sonno]] [[Joi]]) as well as outside (Foreign countries).

This was during the [[Bakumatsu period]], and the [[Bakufu]] was pressured by both internal elements ([[Sonno]] [[Joi]]) as well as outside (Foreign countries).

The Bakufu promoted marriage between the Imperial court and  

The Bakufu promoted marriage between the Imperial court and  

the Shogunate to appease the Sonno Joi extremists.

the Shogunate to appease the Sonno Joi extremists.

In [[1862]], Iemochi and Princess [[Kazunomiya]] ([[Emperor Komei|Emperor Komei's]] younger sister) wedded in a magnificent ceremony. ([[Kobu Gattai]])

In [[1862]], Iemochi and Princess [[Kazu no Miya]] 和宮 ([[Emperor Komei|Emperor Komei's]] younger sister) wedded in a magnificent ceremony, the most visible show of the [[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]] policy.

In [[1863]], Iemochi visited [[Kyoto]] at the request of the Imperial Court, which was the first time since [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] visited Kyoto.  He was accompanied by the Roshigumi (The future [[Shinsengumi]]), which had been conscripted to accompany him as part of his entourage.

In [[1863]], Iemochi visited [[Kyoto]] at the request (or demand) of the Imperial Court, the first visit by a shogun since [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]]'s over two-hundred years before.  He was accompanied by the [[Roshigumi]] (the future [[Shinsengumi]]), which had been conscripted to accompany him as part of his entourage.

In [[1866]], during the second Choshu expedition, Iemochi died in [[Osaka castle]]. His grave is in [[Zojo-ji]], Tokyo.

In [[1866]], during the [[second Choshu expedition]], Iemochi died in [[Osaka castle]]. His grave is in [[Zojo-ji]], Tokyo.

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