1. Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745.
16 Facts About Tokugawa Yoshimune
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Tokugawa Yoshimune was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune's grandfather, Tokugawa Yorinobu, was a brother of second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, while Yoshimune's father, Tokugawa Mitsusada, was a first cousin of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune was born in 1684 in the rich Kii Province, a region which was then ruled by his father, Tokugawa Mitsusada.
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At that time, his second cousin Tokugawa Yoshimune Tsunayoshi was ruling in Edo as shogun.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune took the name Tokugawa Yorimasa and began to administer the province.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune was only seven years old, and died without an heir.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune succeeded to the post of the shogun in Shotoku-1.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune is considered among the best of the Tokugawa shoguns.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune established the gosankyo to augment the gosanke.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune dismissed the conservative adviser Arai Hakuseki and he began what would come to be known as the Kyoho Reforms.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune ordered the compilation of Kyoho Meibutsu Cho, listing the best and most famous swords all over Japan.
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In 1745, Tokugawa Yoshimune retired, took the title Ogosho and left his public post to his oldest son.
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The title is the one that Tokugawa Yoshimune Ieyasu took on retirement in favor of his son Hidetada, who in turn took the same title on his retirement.
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Tokugawa Yoshimune died on the 20th day of the 5th month of the year Kan'en-4.
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The years in which Tokugawa Yoshimune was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengo.