Tokugawa Yoshimune

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川吉宗, Tokugawa Yoshimune, November 27, 1684 - July 12, 1751) was a Japanese shogun of the Edo period. His ruled started in 1716 and ended in 1745.^[1]

Early life

Yoshimune was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.^[1]

Shogun

Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.^[1]

Yoshimune's government worked to control the price of rice. This earned him the nickname "Rice Shogun" or "Shogun of Rice" (kome-shōgun).^[2]

References

The hollyhock symbol of the Tokugawa family.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokugawa Yoshimune" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 979.
↑ Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). A History of Japan, 1615-1867, p. 165.

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[nussbaum979-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokugawa Yoshimune" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 979.

[2] Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). A History of Japan, 1615-1867, p. 165.

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