{"id":"tokugawa-yoshimune","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-yoshimune","language":"en","name":"Tokugawa Yoshimune","name_en":"Tokugawa Yoshimune","name_ne":null,"description":"The eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1684-1751)","headline":"The eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1684-1751)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Tokugawa Yoshimune  was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and 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. Yoshimune is known for repealing the ban on Western literature.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"27 November 1684","date":"1684-11-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Wakayama","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200747"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"12 July 1751","date":"1751-07-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Japan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17"},{"text":"Tokugawa shogunate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205662"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"samurai","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38142"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Masako-Joō","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6993372"},{"text":"Shintokuin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4925461"},{"text":"Hontokuin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11520348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"shogun (1716–1745)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131767","start":"1716","end":"1745"},{"text":"daimyo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61982"},{"text":"ōgosho","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11435430"},{"text":"Naidaijin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185338"},{"text":"Konoe Daisho","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11638972"},{"text":"Udaijin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351174"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshimune","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Tokugawa Yoshimune born?","a":"Tokugawa Yoshimune was born on 27 November 1684 in Wakayama."},{"q":"What positions has Tokugawa Yoshimune held?","a":"Positions held by Tokugawa Yoshimune include: shogun (1716–1745); daimyo; ōgosho; Naidaijin; Konoe Daisho."}],"related":[{"name":"Tokugawa Ieyasu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-ieyasu"},{"name":"Ashikaga Yoshimitsu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ashikaga-yoshimitsu"},{"name":"Tokugawa Yoshinobu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-yoshinobu"},{"name":"Ashikaga Takauji","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ashikaga-takauji"},{"name":"Tokugawa Tsunayoshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-tsunayoshi"},{"name":"Tokugawa Hidetada","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-hidetada"},{"name":"Tokugawa Ienari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-ienari"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/tokugawa-yoshimune-9d4f3a5ee0.jpg","width":500,"height":488,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Kanō Tadanobu","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokugawa_Yoshimune.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Tokugawa Yoshimune","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshimune","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q319664","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319664","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Tokugawa Yoshimune.jpg by Kanō Tadanobu (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokugawa_Yoshimune.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Tokugawa Yoshimune, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Tokugawa Yoshimune.jpg — Kanō Tadanobu, Public domain.","cite":"\"Tokugawa Yoshimune\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-yoshimune. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-yoshimune","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/tokugawa-yoshimune","ne":null}}