Tokugawa Ietsugu

The gates to Ietsugu's mausoleum at Zôjô-ji, in an 1880s photograph by Kusakabe Kinbei

• Born: 1709
• Died: 1716
• Other Names: Nabematsu, Yûshô-in
• Japanese: 徳川家継 (Tokugawa Ietsugu)

Tokugawa Ietsugu was the seventh shogun, reigning from 1713 until his death in 1716. He was the fourth son of the previous shogun, Tokugawa Ienobu.

Preceded by: Tokugawa Ienobu

Tokugawa Shogunate 1713-1716

Succeeded by: Tokugawa Yoshimune

References

• Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n25.
• Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagement, Harvard University Press (2009), 62.