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Tokugawa Yoshimune

1684 - 1751

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Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川 吉宗, November 27, 1684 – July 12, 1751) was the eighth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tokugawa Yoshimune has received more than 319,870 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Tokugawa Yoshimune is the 4,113th most popular politician (up from 4,590th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Japan (up from 268th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Japanese Politician.

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He is most famous for his efforts to reform the feudal system and for his support of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tokugawa Yoshimune ranks 4,113 out of 19,576. Before him are Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Fouad Mebazaa, Gevherhan Sultan, Sun Xiu, and Giovanni Gronchi. After him are Halfdan the Black, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Altiero Spinelli, Fikret Abdić, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Lothar von Richthofen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Tokugawa Yoshimune ranks 6. Before him are Catherine I of Russia, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Ludvig Holberg, Maria Barbara Bach, and Francesco Durante. After him are Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Robert Maynard, Kimpa Vita, and Edward Vernon. Among people deceased in 1751, Tokugawa Yoshimune ranks 7. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Louise of Great Britain. After him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Robert Maynard, and Leonard of Port Maurice.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune ranks 235 out of 6,245. Before him are Fujiko Fujio (1934), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Yosano Akiko (1878), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251). After him are Kenji Tochio (1941), Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), and Fujiwara no Michinaga (966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune ranks 91. Before him are Emperor Ankō (401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Fujiko Fujio (1934), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251). After him are Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masamune (1300), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), and Katō Kiyomasa (1561).

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