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In [[1708]], Tsunayoshi issued a series of edicts obligated that all animals were to be kindly treated; if horses get tired while being ridden, they were to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, post-horses were not to be overtaxed, and were to be well taken care of in both shogunal and domain lands.<ref>Hakuseki, 287n150.</ref>

In [[1708]], Tsunayoshi issued a series of edicts obligated that all animals were to be kindly treated; if horses get tired while being ridden, they were to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, post-horses were not to be overtaxed, and were to be well taken care of in both shogunal and domain lands.<ref>Hakuseki, 287n150.</ref>

He had no heir, and so was succeeded by his nephew [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], who he had named heir in [[1704]].

His son Tokumatsu died at age five in [[1683]]. Later in life, Tsunayoshi had no heir, and so in [[1704]] he named his nephew [[Tokugawa Ienobu]] his heir; Ienobu succeeded him as shogun following Tsunayoshi's death in 1709.

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