Tokugawa Ieharu


Tokugawa Ieharu was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, and held office from 1760 to 1786.
His childhood name was Takechiyo.
Ieharu died in 1786. He was given the Buddhist name Shunmyoin and buried at Kan'ei-ji.

Family

  • Father: Tokugawa Ieshige
  • Mother: Oko no Kata later Shinshin'in
  • Wife: Iso no Miya Tomoko
  • Concubines:
  • * Omiyo no Kata
  • * Ochiho no Kata later Renkoin
  • * Oshina no Kata later Yoren-in
  • Child:
  • * Chiyohime by Tomoko
  • * Manjuhime
  • * Tokugawa Takechiyo later Tokugawa Iemoto born by Ochiho no Kata
  • * Tokugawa Teijiro born by Oshina no Kata
  • Adopted:
  • * Tokugawa Ienari
  • * Tanehime, daughter of Tokugawa Munetake and married Tokugawa Harutomi of Kishū Domain

Events of Ieharu's reign

Tenmei gannen or Tenmei 1 : The new era name of Tenmei was created to mark the enthronement of Emperor Kōkaku. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in An'ei 11, on the 2nd day of the 4th month. According to Nihon Ōdai Ichiran, Ieharu was appointed Udaijin of the Emperor's Kugyō, which was quite rare and considered a great favour. Tenmei 2 : Great Tenmei Famine begins.Tenmei 2 : An analysis of silver currency in China and Japan "Sin sen sen pou " was presented to the emperor by Kutsuki Masatsuna, also known as Kutsuki Oki-no kami Minamoto-no Masatsuna, hereditary daimyō of Oki and Ōmi with holdings in Tanba and Fukuchiyama -- related note at Tenmei 7 below.Tenmei 3 : Mount Asama erupted in Shinano, one of the old provinces of Japan. Isaac Titsingh's published account of the Asama-yama eruption was the first of its kind in the West. The volcano's devastation makes the Great Tenmei Famine even worse.Tenmei 4 : Country-wide celebrations in honor of Kūkai who died 950 years earlier.Tenmei 4 : The son of the shōguns chief counselor was assassinated inside Edo Castle. The comparatively young wakadoshiyori,, was the son of the senior wakadoshiyori Tanuma Tonomo-no-kami Okitsugu. The younger Tanuma was killed in front of his father as both were returning to their litter after a meeting of the Counselors of State had broken up. The involvement of senior figures in the bakufu was suspected; however, none but the lone assassin himself, Sano Masakoto, was punished. The result was that Tanuma-initiated, liberalizing reforms within the bakufu and relaxation the strictures of sakoku were blocked.Tenmei 6, on the 8th day of the 9th month : Death of Tokugawa Ieharu. He is buried in Edo.Tenmei 7 : Kutsuki Masatsuna published Seiyō senpu, with plates showing European and colonial currency – related note at Tenmei 2 above.

Eras of Ieharu's reign

The years in which Ieharu was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.Hōreki Meiwa An'ei