Tokugawa Ieyoshi
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Tokugawa Ieyoshi (徳川 家慶, June 22, 1793–July 27, 1853; r.1837–1853) was the 12th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
He was the second son of the 11th shogun, Tokugawa Ienari, and employed Mizuno Tadakuni to conduct the Tenpo reform. He was horrified when Matthew Perry's ships arrived in Edo Bay and soon started to feel very sick. He soon died.
Tokugawa Ieyoshi is a minor character in Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," in which he is murdered by his mother, using poisoned chrysanthemum tea.
| Preceded by Tokugawa Ienari |
Tokugawa Shogun 1837-1853 |
Succeeded by Tokugawa Iesada |
