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*''Born: ''
*''Born: [[1662]]/4/25''
*''Died: [[1712]]/10/14''
*''Died: [[1712]]/10/14''
*''Shogun: [[1709]]-1712''
*''Shogun: [[1709]]-1712''
*''Other Names: Bunshô-byô, Tsunatoyo''
*''Other Names'': 文昭院 ''(Bunshô-in)'', 徳川綱豊 ''(Tokugawa Tsunatoyo)'', 虎松 ''(Toramatsu)''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]家宣 ''(Tokugawa Ienobu)''
*''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.
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
==Life and Career==
Ienobu was born Toramatsu, the eldest son of [[Tokugawa Tsunashige]] (lord of [[Kofu han|Kôfu han]]) and [[Ohora-no-kata]] (aka Chôshôin). He was later adopted by his uncle, Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]]. He was named shogunal heir in [[1704]], and was officially invested as shogun by the emperor on 1709/5/1, changing his name from Tokugawa Tsunatoyo to Ienobu at some point around this time.
Ienobu repromulgated the ''[[buke shohatto]]'' in [[1710]], the third time these rules for military houses had been issued.
Ienobu repromulgated the ''[[buke shohatto]]'' in [[1710]], the third time these rules for military houses had been issued. He also abolished Tsunayoshi's ''[[Shorui Awaremi no Rei|shôrui awaremi no rei]]'' (kindness to animals laws)
He had his first son by Ukon no kata, also known as [[Hoshin-in|Hôshin-in]], but the boy died in infancy.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 287n143.</ref>
He had his first son by Ukon no kata, also known as [[Hoshin-in|Hôshin-in]], but the boy died in infancy.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 287n143.</ref>