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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 [[Commodore Perry|Commodore Perry's]] second arrival in Japan, 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 [[Commodore Perry|Commodore Perry's]] second arrival in Japan, 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> He then married [[Ichijo Hideko|Ichijô Hideko]], sister to Gon-dainagon [[Ichijo Tadaka|Ichijô Tadaka]], in [[1849]]; she died the following year.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 223, 262.</ref>

He was a son of Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] and Katako (later known as [[Honju-in]]), a daughter of [[Atobe Masakazu]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 2, 120.</ref>

Iesada succeeded his father [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] on [[1853]]/10/23 following Ieyoshi's death earlier that year. One month later, on 11/23, he received his official investiture as Shogun from the emperor, and changed his name from Iesachi to Iesada.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 506.</ref>

 

Iesada succeeded his father Tokugawa Ieyoshi on [[1853]]/10/23 following Ieyoshi's death earlier that year. One month later, on 11/23, he received his official investiture as Shogun from the emperor, and changed his name from Iesachi to Iesada.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 506.</ref>

After his first two wives each died, he married [[Atsu-hime]], a daughter of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] [[Shimazu clan]], on [[1856]]/12/18.<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>

After his first two wives each died, he married [[Atsu-hime]], a daughter of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] [[Shimazu clan]], on [[1856]]/12/18.<ref>''Kaiyô kokka Satsuma'' 海洋国家薩摩, Kagoshima: Shôkoshûseikan (2010), 58-59.</ref>