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.
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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.
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]].