Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Shōgun
In office
1680–1709
Monarchs
Preceded byTokugawa Ietsuna
Succeeded byTokugawa Ienobu
Personal details
Born(1646-02-23)23 February 1646
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
(now Tokyo, Japan)
Died19 February 1709(1709-02-19) (aged 62)
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
SpouseTakatsukasa Nobuko [ja]
Children
Parent(s)Tokugawa Iemitsu
Keishouin
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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (徳川 綱吉, February 23, 1646 – February 19, 1709) was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.[1]

Tsunayoshi is known for instituting animal protection laws, particularly for dogs. This earned him the nickname of "the dog Shogun" (Inu-Kubō 犬公方: Inu=Dog, Kubō=formal title of Shogun).[1]

  1. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokugawa, Tsunayoshi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 979, p. 979, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.