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| *''Died: [[1853]]/6/22'' | | *''Died: [[1853]]/6/22'' |
| *''Reign: [[1837]]-1853'' | | *''Reign: [[1837]]-1853'' |
| + | *''Titles: Sadaijin, Dajô daijin (posthumous)'' |
| + | *''Childhood Name'': 敏次郎 ''(Toshijirô)'' |
| + | *''Posthumous Name'': 慎徳院 ''(Shintoku-in)'' |
| *''Japanese'': [[徳川]] 家慶 ''(Tokugawa Ieyoshi)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[徳川]] 家慶 ''(Tokugawa Ieyoshi)'' |
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| Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. | | Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. |
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− | 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. | + | The second son of [[Tokugawa Ienari]], and the only surviving son not adopted away into another samurai family, he succeeded his father as shogun on [[1837]]/9/2 following Ienari's abdication. His reign saw the [[Tenpo Reforms|Tenpô Reforms]] of [[Mizuno Tadakuni]], and the beginnings of the [[Bakumatsu period]] and foreign policy efforts by [[Abe Masahiro]]. |
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| Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], doing so in [[1841]]. | | Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], doing so in [[1841]]. |
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− | Following his death in [[1853]], Ieyoshi was succeeded by his son [[Tokugawa Iesada]].
| + | Ieyoshi fell ill shortly before the arrival of [[Commodore Perry]] to [[Uraga]] in the 6th month of [[1853]], and died on 1853/6/22, shortly after Perry's departure (while Perry was in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]). Several months later, Ieyoshi was succeeded by his son [[Tokugawa Iesada]]. |
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| + | The imperial court posthumously granted him the title of Dajô Daijin, the Senior First Rank, and the posthumous Buddhist name Shintokuin. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 161. | | *Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 161. |
| + | *"Shiryôhen kaidai shiryô honkoku: Edo dachi ni tsuki oose watashi dome" 「史料編解題・史料翻刻「江戸立二付仰渡留」」, in Kamiya Nobuyuki 紙屋敦之 (ed.), ''Kinsei Nihon ni okeru gaikoku shisetsu to shakai hen'yô 3: taikun gaikô kaitai wo ou'' 『近世日本における外国使節と社会変容(3)-大君外交解体を追う-』, Tokyo: Waseda University (2009), p42n1. |
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| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |