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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 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. He also abolished Tsunayoshi's ''[[Shorui Awaremi no Rei|shôrui awaremi no rei]]'' (kindness to animals laws)

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, who was named Iechiyo, died in infancy, two months after being born.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 287n143.; Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 126.</ref>

Ienobu died in 1712. His son [[Tokugawa Ietsugu]] was named Shogun the following year. Ienobu's grave at [[Zojo-ji|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.

He had his first son by Okomu no kata, also known as [[Hoshin-in|Hôshin-in]], but the boy, who was named Iechiyo, died in infancy, two months after being born.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 287n143.; Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 126.</ref> He later had two other concubines, [[Renjo-in|Renjô-in]] and [[Gekko-in|Gekkô-in]]. He had at least one son with Renjô-in who also died in infancy. Gekkô-in gave him his fourth son, [[Tokugawa Ietsugu]], who eventually succeeded him as shogun.

 

Ienobu died in 1712. His son Tokugawa Ietsugu was named Shogun the following year. Ienobu's grave at [[Zojo-ji|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.

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