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Tokugawa Yoshimune.
The eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1684-1751)
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About Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa Yoshimune was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the eighth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Yoshimune is known for repealing the ban on Western literature.
Everything about Tokugawa Yoshimune →- Occupation
- samurai, politician
- Position held
- daimyo, shogun, ōgosho, Naidaijin
- Citizenship
- Japan, Tokugawa shogunate
- Born
- November 27, 1684
- Died
- July 12, 1751