TOKUGAWA IENARI

'Tokugawa Ienari'; 徳川 家斉 (November 18, 1773–March 22, 1841) was the eleventh shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1786 to 1837. He was known as a degenerate who kept a harem of 900 women and fathered over 55 children.
Many of Ienari's myriad children were adopted into various daimyo houses throughout Japan, and some played important roles in the history of the Bakumatsu and Boshin War. Some of the more famous among them included: Hachisuka Narihiro (Tokushima han), Matsudaira Naritami (Tsuyama han), Tokugawa Narikatsu (first to the Shimizu-Tokugawa, then to the Wakayama domain), Tokugawa Narisawa (Fukui han), and others.

Contents

Events of Ienari's ''bakufu''

Eras of Ienari's ''bakufu''

References

Notes

Further reading

See also

External links

Events of Ienari's ''bakufu''

★ '''Tenmei 7''' (1788): Riots in rice shops in Edo and Osaka.

★ '''Tenmei 8''' (1788): Great Fire of Miyako. A fire in the city, which began at 3 o'clock in the morning of the 29th day of the 1st month of ''Tenmei'' 8 (March 6, 1788), continued to burn uncontrolled until the 1st day of the second month (March 8th); and embers smoldered until they were extinguished by heavy rain on the 4th day of the second month (March 11th). The emperor and his court fled the fire, and the Imperial Palace was destroyed. No other re-construction was permitted until a new palace was completed. This fire was considered a major event. The Dutch ''VOC'' ''Opperhoofd'' in Dejima noted in his official record book that "people are considering it to be a great and extraordinary heavenly portent." ^[1]

★ '''Kansei 5''', on the 18th day of the 1st month (1793): Collapse of the peak of Mt. Unzen.^[2]

★ '''Kansei 5''', on the 6th day of the 2nd month (1793): Eruption of Mt. Biwas-no-kubi^[3]

★ '''Kansei 5''', on the 1st day of the 3rd month (1793): The Shimabara earthquake.^[4]

★ '''Kansei 5''', on the 1st day of the 4th month (1793): Eruption of Mt. Miyama.^[4]
His time in office was marked by an era of pleasure, excess, and corruption, which ended in the disastrous ''Tenpo'' Famine of 1832-1837, in which thousands are known to have perished.

Eras of Ienari's ''bakufu''

★ ''Tenmei'' (1781-1789)

★ ''Kansei'' (1789-1801)

★ ''Kyōwa'' (1801-1804)

★ ''Bunka'' (1804-1818)

★ ''Bunsei'' (1818-1830)

★ ''Tenpō'' (1830-1844)

References

Notes

1. Screech,''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.'' pp. 152-154, 249-250
2. Screech, p.154.
3. Screech, p. 154.
4. Screech, p. 155.
5. Screech, p. 155.

Further reading

★ Screech, Timon. (2006). ''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.'' London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1720-X

★ Titsingh, Isaac. (1822). ''Illustrations of Japan.'' London: Ackerman.

★ Totman, Conrad. (1967). ''Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600-1843''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

See also

★ Matsudaira Sadanobu

External links

★ PBS timeline of Japanese History