Tokugawa Ieyoshi

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Ieyoshi's grave at Zôjô-ji in Tokyo

Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the 12th Tokugawa shogun.

The only surviving son of Tokugawa Ienari 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.