Tokugawa Yoshimune

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tokugawa.
Tokugawa Yoshimune

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Early life

Yoshimune was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.[1]

Shogun

Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.[1]

Yoshimune's government worked to control the price of rice. This earned him the nickname "Rice Shogun" or "Shogun of Rice" (kome-shōgun).[2]

References

 
The hollyhock symbol of the Tokugawa family.
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokugawa Yoshimune" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 979.
  2. Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). A History of Japan, 1615-1867, p. 165.