Difference between revisions of "Tokugawa Ieyoshi"
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*''Died: [[1853]]/6/22'' | *''Died: [[1853]]/6/22'' | ||
*''Reign: [[1837]]-1853'' | *''Reign: [[1837]]-1853'' | ||
| + | *''Childhood Name'': 敏次郎 ''(Toshijirô)'' | ||
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]] 家慶 ''(Tokugawa Ieyoshi)'' | *''Japanese'': [[徳川]] 家慶 ''(Tokugawa Ieyoshi)'' | ||
Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. | Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]]. | ||
| − | The | + | The second son of [[Tokugawa Ienari]], and the only surviving son not adopted away into another samurai family, he succeeded his father as shogun on [[1837]]/9/2 following Ienari's abdication. |
Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], doing so in [[1841]]. | Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], doing so in [[1841]]. | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 30 October 2017
Ieyoshi's grave at Zôjô-ji in Tokyo
- Born: 1793
- Died: 1853/6/22
- Reign: 1837-1853
- Childhood Name: 敏次郎 (Toshijirô)
- Japanese: 徳川 家慶 (Tokugawa Ieyoshi)
Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th Tokugawa shogun.
The second son of Tokugawa Ienari, and the only surviving son not adopted away into another samurai family, he succeeded his father as shogun on 1837/9/2 following Ienari's abdication.
Ieyoshi was the last shogun to visit Nikkô Tôshôgû, doing so in 1841.
Following his death in 1853, Ieyoshi was succeeded by his son Tokugawa Iesada.
| Preceded by: Tokugawa Ienari |
Tokugawa Shogun 1837-1853 |
Succeeded by: Tokugawa Iesada |
References
- Evelyn Rawski, Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives, Cambridge University Press (2015), 161.
