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Tokugawa Ietsugu

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child shogun who died at the age of seven

1709 – 1716 · 7 years · Edo · Asia

Reign: 1713 – 1716 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)

Ienobu's son, made shogun in 1713 at the age of three while Arai Hakuseki and Manabe Akifusa governed. His death in 1716 ended Ieyasu's direct line, and the shogunate passed to Yoshimune of the Kii branch.

Portrait: Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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