Tokugawa Ieharu was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, and held office from 1760 until his death in 1786.
Occupation
samurai
Position held
Konoe Daisho, Naidaijin, shogun, Udaijin
Citizenship
Japan, Tokugawa shogunate
Born
June 20, 1737
Died
September 17, 1786
Overview
Tokugawa Ieharu (徳川家治) (June 20, 1737 – September 17, 1786) was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786.
His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代).
Ieharu died in 1786 and given the Buddhist name Shunmyoin and buried at Kan'ei-ji.
Family
Father: Tokugawa Ieshige
Mother: Oko no Kata (d. 1728) later Shinshin'in
Wife: Iso no Miya Tomoko (1738–1771)
Concubines:
Omiyo no Kata
Ochiho no Kata (1737–1791) later Renkoin
Oshina no Kata (d. 1778) later Yoren-in
Child:
Chiyohime (1756–1757) by Tomoko
Manjuhime (1761–1773) (born by Tomoko but after she died adopted by Ieharu's concubine, Omaki no Kata)
Tokugawa Takechiyo later Tokugawa Iemoto (1762–1779) born by Ochiho no Kata
Tokugawa Teijiro (1762–1763) born by Oshina no Kata
Adopted:
Tokugawa Ienari
Tanehime (1765–1794), daughter of Tokugawa Munetake and married Tokugawa Harutomi of Kishū Domain
