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Tokugawa Iemitsu

1604 - 1651

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Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the forefront of shogunate negotiations with the Imperial court. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tokugawa Iemitsu has received more than 609,227 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Tokugawa Iemitsu is the 2,749th most popular politician (up from 3,331st in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Japan (up from 160th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Politician.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is most famous for being the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the son of Tokugawa Hidetada, the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was also the father of Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 2,749 out of 19,576. Before him are Huneric, William I of Württemberg, Quirinius, Sandro Pertini, Empress Xiaoyichun, and Milan Nedić. After him are Yevgeny Primakov, César Gaviria, Liu Bian, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, King Xiaowen of Qin, and Hayme Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 4. Before him are Osman II, John IV of Portugal, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, İslâm III Giray, Claudia de' Medici, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Zheng Zhilong, Abraham Bosse, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Among people deceased in 1651, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 4. Before him are Kösem Sultan, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and Lennart Torstensson. After him are Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ngawang Namgyal, Giulia Tofana, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 128 out of 6,245. Before him are Empress Kōjun (1903), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), and Eisaku Satō (1901). After him are Yamato Takeru (72), Masaru Emoto (1943), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), and Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 39. Before him are Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Kōan (-427), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), and Eisaku Satō (1901). After him are Yamato Takeru (72), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), and Kuniaki Koiso (1880).

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