Tokugawa Ienobu
- Born:
- Died: 1712/10/14
- Shogun: 1709-1712
- Other Names: Bunshô-byô, Tsunatoyo
- Japanese: 徳川家宣 (Tokugawa Ienobu)
Tokugawa Ienobu was the sixth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. His reign, lasting from 1709 to 1712, saw numerous reforms guided by Confucian scholar Arai Hakuseki. Manabe Akifusa and Hayashi Nobuatsu were also prominent advisors to Ienobu. These included numerous steps taken both domestically and in foreign relations ritual to construct a Japanocentric regional order.
He was named shogunal heir in 1704, and was officially invested as shogun by the emperor in 1709/5/1
Ienobu repromulgated the buke shohatto in 1710, the third time these rules for military houses had been issued.
Ienobu died in 1712. His son Tokugawa Ietsugu was named Shogun the following year. Ienobu's grave at Zôjô-ji is today among the best preserved of the shogunal tombs, and provides some indication of the likely style and construction of those shogunal tombs which are no longer extant today.
