Tokugawa Yoshimune

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  • Born: 1684
  • Died: 1751
  • Other Names: Yûtoku-in
  • Japanese: 徳川吉宗 (Tokugawa Yoshimune)

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, reigning from 1716 to 1745.

He was the third son of Tokugawa Mitsusada of the Kishû Tokugawa clan, and succeeded his father as lord of the 555,000 koku domain of Wakayama han in 1705.

Preceded by:
Tokugawa Ietsugu
Tokugawa Shogunate
1716-1745
Succeeded by:
Tokugawa Ieshige

References

  • Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n26.