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Tsunayoshi succeeded his brother [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] to become shogun on 1680/8/23. His rule is described as being quite strict at times, but as also quite arbitrary, and Tsunayoshi is generally regarded as one of the least competent of the shoguns. Even so, the bureaucrats and administrators under him did well, maintaining the day-to-day governance of the nation, and Japan saw several decades of incredible prosperity before the bubble burst and real problems began to sink in.
Tsunayoshi succeeded his brother [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] to become shogun on 1680/8/23. His rule is described as being quite strict at times, but as also quite arbitrary, and Tsunayoshi is generally regarded as one of the least competent of the shoguns. Even so, the bureaucrats and administrators under him did well, maintaining the day-to-day governance of the nation, and Japan saw several decades of incredible prosperity before the bubble burst and real problems began to sink in.
In [[1708]], Tsunayoshi issued a series of edicts obligated that all animals were to be kindly treated; if horses get tired while being ridden, they were to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, post-horses were not to be overtaxed, and were to be well taken care of in both shogunal and domain lands.
In [[1708]], Tsunayoshi issued a series of edicts obligated that all animals were to be kindly treated; if horses get tired while being ridden, they were to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, post-horses were not to be overtaxed, and were to be well taken care of in both shogunal and domain lands.<ref>Hakuseki, 287n150.</ref>
He had no heir, and so was succeeded by his nephew [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], who he had named heir in [[1704]].
He had no heir, and so was succeeded by his nephew [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], who he had named heir in [[1704]].
==References==
==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 288n12.
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 288n12.
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