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Created page with "*''Born: 1711'' *''Died: 1761'' *''Reign as Shogun: 1745-1760'' *''Japanese'': 徳川家重 ''(Tokugawa Ieshige)'' Tokugawa Ieshige was a younger son of [..."
*''Born: [[1711]]''
*''Died: [[1761]]''
*''Reign as Shogun: [[1745]]-[[1760]]''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]家重 ''(Tokugawa Ieshige)''
Tokugawa Ieshige was a younger son of [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]], and succeeded Yoshimune to become the ninth [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]] in [[1745]]. He stepped down in favor of his eldest son, [[Tokugawa Ieharu]], on [[1760]]/5/13<ref>Ieharu officially became shogun some months later, on 9/2.</ref>, and died the following year.
Ieshige has been described by [[Conrad Totman]] as "a tragic wreck of a man, suffering from a crippled body, hopeless alcoholism, and a speech defect which left him incoherent."<ref>Conrad Totman, ''Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufu'', Harvard University Press (1967), 220.</ref>
He became shogun on [[1745]]/11/2, after his father Yoshimune officially stepped down roughly a month earlier, on 9/25.
Ieshige was succeeded as shogun by his eldest son, Tokugawa Ieharu. A younger son, [[Tokugawa Shigeyoshi]], founded the branch [[Shimizu Tokugawa clan]].
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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Tokugawa Shogun'''<br> [[1745]]-[[1760]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Ieharu]]'''
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==References==
*James Lewis, “Beyond Sakoku: The Korean Envoy to Edo and the 1719 Diary of Shin Yu-Han,” ''Korea Journal'' 25:11 (1985), 40n15.
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1761]]''
*''Reign as Shogun: [[1745]]-[[1760]]''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]家重 ''(Tokugawa Ieshige)''
Tokugawa Ieshige was a younger son of [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]], and succeeded Yoshimune to become the ninth [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]] in [[1745]]. He stepped down in favor of his eldest son, [[Tokugawa Ieharu]], on [[1760]]/5/13<ref>Ieharu officially became shogun some months later, on 9/2.</ref>, and died the following year.
Ieshige has been described by [[Conrad Totman]] as "a tragic wreck of a man, suffering from a crippled body, hopeless alcoholism, and a speech defect which left him incoherent."<ref>Conrad Totman, ''Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufu'', Harvard University Press (1967), 220.</ref>
He became shogun on [[1745]]/11/2, after his father Yoshimune officially stepped down roughly a month earlier, on 9/25.
Ieshige was succeeded as shogun by his eldest son, Tokugawa Ieharu. A younger son, [[Tokugawa Shigeyoshi]], founded the branch [[Shimizu Tokugawa clan]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Tokugawa Shogun'''<br> [[1745]]-[[1760]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Tokugawa Ieharu]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*James Lewis, “Beyond Sakoku: The Korean Envoy to Edo and the 1719 Diary of Shin Yu-Han,” ''Korea Journal'' 25:11 (1985), 40n15.
<references/>
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]