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At the time of his ''[[genpuku]]'' in [[1851]], Kikuchiyo was granted a character from the name of Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] and took on the name Yoshitomi; at that same time, he was elevated to the Junior Third Rank and granted the title of Sakonoe Chûjô.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 327.</ref>

At the time of his ''[[genpuku]]'' in [[1851]], Kikuchiyo was granted a character from the name of Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] and took on the name Yoshitomi; at that same time, he was elevated to the Junior Third Rank and granted the title of Sakonoe Chûjô.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 327.</ref>

There was a faction that supported [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] as successor to the shogun [[Tokugawa Iesada|Iesada]], but when Iesada died in [[1858]], the 12-year-old Iemochi became the 14th Tokugawa Shogun by the recommendation of [[Ii Naosuke]]. This was during the [[Bakumatsu period]], and the shogunate was facing both domestic troubles and foreign pressures. The shogunate pursued marriage between the Tokugawa line and the Imperial court, a policy known as ''[[kobu gattai|kôbu gattai]]'' ("union of court and military"), in the hopes of appeasing the ''sonnô jôi'' ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians") extremists.

There was a faction that supported [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] as successor to the shogun [[Tokugawa Iesada|Iesada]], but when Iesada died in [[1858]], the 12-year-old Iemochi became the 14th Tokugawa Shogun by the recommendation of [[Ii Naosuke]]. He was succeeded as lord of Wakayama by [[Tokugawa Mochitsugu|Matsudaira Yorihisa]], son of [[Matsudaira Yorisato]], lord of [[Saijo han|Saijô han]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 598.</ref>

In [[1862]], Iemochi and Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (younger sister of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]) wedded in a magnificent ceremony, the most visible show of the ''kôbu gattai'' policy.

This was during the [[Bakumatsu period]], and the shogunate was facing both domestic troubles and foreign pressures. The shogunate pursued marriage between the Tokugawa line and the Imperial court, a policy known as ''[[kobu gattai|kôbu gattai]]'' ("union of court and military"), in the hopes of appeasing the ''sonnô jôi'' ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians") extremists. In [[1862]], Iemochi and Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (younger sister of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]) wedded in a magnificent ceremony, the most visible show of the ''kôbu gattai'' policy.

The following year, in [[1863]], Iemochi visited [[Kyoto]] at the request (or demand) of the Imperial Court, the first visit by a shogun to the Imperial city since that of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] over two hundred years earlier. He originally intended to travel by steamship, a notable break from precedent, but in the aftermath of the [[Namamugi Incident]], shogunate officials were concerned about the danger posed by the British Royal Navy, and so Iemochi traveled overland, accompanied by an entourage of some 3,000 men,<ref>"Gojôraku goyô kakari gubu oyakunin tsuke," gallery label, National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16053429182/sizes/l]</ref> including the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]] (the future [[Shinsengumi]]). Like Iemitsu before him, Iemochi presented gifts of gold and silver coin or bars to the Court, and distributed a large volume as well amongst the local populace, as a show of shogunal magnanimity and benevolence.<ref>Daniele Lauro, "Displaying authority: Guns, political legitimacy, and martial pageantry in Tokugawa Japan, 1600 - 1868," MA Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2013), 31.</ref> This journey, along with the shogun's visits to the [[Koganehara]] hunting grounds, were depicted in popular [[printing and publishing|woodblock prints]] through a conceit, replacing Iemochi with [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]].<ref>[[Kurushima Hiroshi]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref> The shogun did employ a steamship, however, on his return voyage to Edo.<ref>Oliver Statler, ''Japanese Inn'', University of Hawaii Press (1961), 268.</ref>

The following year, in [[1863]], Iemochi visited [[Kyoto]] at the request (or demand) of the Imperial Court, the first visit by a shogun to the Imperial city since that of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] over two hundred years earlier. He originally intended to travel by steamship, a notable break from precedent, but in the aftermath of the [[Namamugi Incident]], shogunate officials were concerned about the danger posed by the British Royal Navy, and so Iemochi traveled overland, accompanied by an entourage of some 3,000 men,<ref>"Gojôraku goyô kakari gubu oyakunin tsuke," gallery label, National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16053429182/sizes/l]</ref> including the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]] (the future [[Shinsengumi]]). Like Iemitsu before him, Iemochi presented gifts of gold and silver coin or bars to the Court, and distributed a large volume as well amongst the local populace, as a show of shogunal magnanimity and benevolence.<ref>Daniele Lauro, "Displaying authority: Guns, political legitimacy, and martial pageantry in Tokugawa Japan, 1600 - 1868," MA Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2013), 31.</ref> This journey, along with the shogun's visits to the [[Koganehara]] hunting grounds, were depicted in popular [[printing and publishing|woodblock prints]] through a conceit, replacing Iemochi with [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]].<ref>[[Kurushima Hiroshi]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 11 Feb 2013.</ref> The shogun did employ a steamship, however, on his return voyage to Edo.<ref>Oliver Statler, ''Japanese Inn'', University of Hawaii Press (1961), 268.</ref>