Tanuma Okitsugu
| Tanuma Okitsugu | |
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| Tanuma Okitsugu | |
| Lord of Sagara | |
| In office 1767–1786 | |
| Preceded by | Honda Tadanaka |
| Succeeded by | Tanuma Okiaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 11, 1719 Edo, Japan |
| Died | August 25, 1788 (aged 68) Edo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Tanuma Okitsugu (田沼意次) (September 11, 1719, Edo, Japan – August 25, 1788, Edo) was a rōjū (senior counselor) of the Tokugawa shogunate who introduced monetary reform. He was also a daimyo, and ruled the Sagara han. He used the title Tonomo-no-kami.[1]
His regime is often identified with rampant corruption and huge inflation of currency. In Tenmei 4 (1784), Okitsugu's son, the wakadoshiyori (junior counselor) Tanuma Okitomo, was assassinated inside Edo Castle. Okitomo was killed in front of his father as both were returning to their norimono after a meeting of the Counselors of State had broken up. Okitomo was killed by Sano Masakoto, a hatamoto. The involvement of senior figures in the bakufu was suspected, but only the assassin himself was punished. The result was that the Tanuma-initiated, liberalizing reforms within the bakufu and the relaxation of the strictures of sakoku were blocked.[2]
Notes
| Preceded by Honda Tadanaka |
Lord of Sagara 1767-1786 |
Succeeded by Tanuma Okiaki |
References
- Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 0-203-09985-0, 13-ISBN 978-0-203-09985-8; OCLC 65177072
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1820). Mémoires et anecdotes sur la dynastie régnante des djogouns, souverains du Japon. Paris: Nepveu. OCLC 255146140.
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