Tokugawa Ienari
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Tokugawa Ienari; 徳川 家斉 (November 18, 1773–March 22, 1841) was the eleventh shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1786 to 1837. He was known as a degenerate who kept a harem of 900 women and fathered over 55 children. His time in office was marked by an era of pleasure, excess, and corruption, which ended in the disastrous Tenpo Famine of 1832-1837, in which thousands are known to have perished.
Many of Ienari's myriad children were adopted into various daimyo houses throughout Japan, and some played important roles in the history of the Bakumatsu and Boshin War. Some of the more famous among them included: Hachisuka Narihiro (Tokushima han), Matsudaira Naritami (Tsuyama han), Tokugawa Narikatsu (first to the Shimizu-Tokugawa, then to the Wakayama domain), Tokugawa Narisawa (Fukui han), and others.
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The Yamato Dynasty;the secret history of Japan's Imperial Family, Seagrave, Sterling and Peggy,Broadway Books, 1999 ISBN 0-7679-0496-6
| Preceded by Tokugawa Ieharu |
Tokugawa Shogun 1786-1837 |
Succeeded by Tokugawa Ieyoshi |
