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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 [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]], and succeeded his father as lord of the 555,000 ''[[koku]]'' domain of [[Wakayama han]] in [[1705]].
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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Ietsugu]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Tokugawa Shogunate'''<br> [[1716]]-[[1745]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Ieshige]]'''
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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 311n26.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]