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Tokugawa Iemochi

1846–1866 · 19th century · Also known as Tokugawa Yoshitomi

Tokugawa Iemochi was the fourteenth Tokugawa shogun, from 1858 until his death. Born Tokugawa Yoshitomi, lord of the Kii domain, he was chosen as shogun with the backing of Ii Naosuke over Tokugawa Yoshinobu. To reconcile the shogunate with the imperial court he married Princess Kazu, sister of Emperor Kōmei, in 1862, and he died at Osaka during the second expedition against Chōshū.

Tokugawa Iemochi
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