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[[File:Ieshige.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The grave of Tokugawa Ieshige at [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]]]]
*''Born: [[1711]]''
*''Born: [[1711]]''
*''Died: [[1761]]''
*''Died: [[1761]]''
*''Reign as Shogun: [[1745]]-[[1760]]''
*''Reign as Shogun: [[1745]]-[[1760]]''
*''Other Names'': 惇信院 ''(Junshin-in)''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]]家重 ''(Tokugawa Ieshige)''
*''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.
Tokugawa Ieshige was the eldest 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>
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>
