Tokugawa Ieharu

Tokugawa Ieharu
Shōgun
In office
1760–1786
Monarchs
Preceded byTokugawa Ieshige
Succeeded byTokugawa Ienari
Personal details
Born(1737-06-20)June 20, 1737
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
(now Tokyo, Japan)
DiedSeptember 17, 1786(1786-09-17) (aged 49)
Sunpu Castle, Shizuoka, Tokugawa shogunate
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Tokugawa Ieharu (徳川家治) (June 20, 1737 – September 17, 1786) was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786.

His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代).

Ieharu died in 1786 and given the Buddhist name Shunmyoin and buried at Kan'ei-ji.