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Tokugawa Iemochi (徳川 家茂) (July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866) was the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of the "re-opening" of Japan to western nations.
Jun 17, 2020 · Tokugawa Iemochi was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was born in the Kishû Tokugawa residence in Edo in 1846, and became the head of the Kishû Tokugawa clan at age four.
Tokugawa Iemochi (徳川家茂) Iemochi TOKUGAWA was the 14th Seii Taishogun (great general who subdues the barbarians) of the Edo Shogunate. His natural father was a younger brother of Ieyoshi TOKUGAWA, the 12th shogun, and a cousin of Iesada TOKUGAWA, the 13th shogun.
The Tokugawa shogunate (/ ˌ t ɒ k uː ˈ ɡ ɑː w ə / TOK-oo-GAH-wə; Japanese: 徳川幕府, romanized: Tokugawa bakufu, IPA: [tokɯgawa, tokɯŋawa baꜜkɯ̥ɸɯ]), also known as the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府, Edo bakufu), was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
Husband: Tokugawa Iemochi; Adopted son: Tokugawa Iesato; Marriage. In 1851, Chikako was engaged to Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (有栖川宮熾仁親王). However, this engagement was subsequently broken when the Imperial court needed someone for a political marriage with the Tokugawa shogunate.
When Tokugawa Iemochi died at age 20 in 1866 the new Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, tried to find a middle ground by reorganising the political power structure in a way that would appease those loyal to the Emperor, but keep the Shogun in command.
Tokugawa Iemochi was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866. Background. Iemochi, known in his childhood as Kikuchiyo, was the eldest son of the 11th generation Wakayama Domain lord Tokugawa Nariyuki (1801–1846) and was born in the domain"s residence in Edo (modern-day Minato-ku in Tokyo).
