Tokugawa Yoshimune

Senior First Rank Tokugawa Yoshimune
徳川 吉宗
8th Shōgun of Edo shogunate
In office 3 September 1716 – 20 October 1745
Monarchs	Nakamikado Sakuramachi
Preceded by	Tokugawa Ietsugu
Succeeded by	Tokugawa Ieshige
Personal details
Born	(1684-11-27)27 November 1684 Kii Province, Tokugawa shogunate (now Japan)
Died	12 July 1751(1751-07-12) (aged 66) Edo, Tokugawa shogunate (now Tokyo, Japan)
Spouse	Masako-Joō
Children	Tokugawa Ieshige Tokugawa Munetake Tokugawa Genjo Tokugawa Munetada Yoshihime
Parent	Tokugawa Mitsusada (father)
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Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川 吉宗, 27 November 1684 – 12 July 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. Yoshimune is known for repealing the ban on Western literature.