Tokugawa Yoshimune

Tokugawa Yoshimune
8th Shōgun of Edo shogunate
In office
3 September 1716 – 20 October 1745
Monarchs
Preceded byTokugawa Ietsugu
Succeeded byTokugawa Ieshige
Personal details
Born27 November 1684
Kii Province, Tokugawa shogunate
(now Japan)
Died12 July 1751 (aged 66)
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
(now Tokyo, Japan)
SpouseMasako-Joō
ChildrenTokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Munetake
Tokugawa Genjo
Tokugawa Munetada
Yoshihime
Parent
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Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川 吉宗, November 27, 1684 – July 12, 1751) was 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.