Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa Yoshimune ( Japanese 徳 川 吉 宗 ; * November 27, 1684 ; † July 12, 1751 ) was the daimyo of the Kishu - han from 1705 to 1716 and the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty from 1716 to 1745 .
He was best known for his financial reforms, in the course of which he fired his rather conservative advisor Arai Hakuseki and then initiated the Kyōhō reforms . In addition, he introduced the Meyasubako, a system that citizens could use to petition him directly. Yoshimune is considered an unusually capable politician and the most important Tokugawa Shogun after the founder of the dynasty Ieyasu .
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| SURNAME | Tokugawa, Yoshimune |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 徳 川 吉 宗 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese shogun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1684 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1751 |