Tokugawa Ienobu (徳川 家宣, 1662-1712) was the sixth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate and ruled for just three years, from 1709 to 1712.
Ienobu was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige (徳川綱重, 1644-1678), the daimyō of the Kōfu domain (present-day Yamanashi Prefecture). Tsunashige was the brother of the fourth and the fifth shōguns, Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Ienobu's childhood name was Toramatsu (虎松).
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Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712)
Ienobu was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige (徳川綱重, 1644-1678), the daimyō of the Kōfu domain (present-day Yamanashi Prefecture). Tsunashige was the brother of the fourth and the fifth shōguns, Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Ienobu's childhood name was Toramatsu (虎松).
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Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712)