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Tokugawa Iemitsu

1604 - 1651

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Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光; 12 August 1604 – 8 June 1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the forefront of shogunate negotiations with the Imperial court. Iemitsu ruled from 1623 to 1651; during this period he crucified Christians, expelled all Europeans from Japan and closed the borders of the country, a foreign policy that continued for over 200 years after its institution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tokugawa Iemitsu is the 3,169th most popular politician (down from 2,748th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 128th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Politician.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is most famous for being the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the son of Tokugawa Hidetada, the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was also the father of Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 3,169 out of 19,576. Before him are William Perry, Intef I, Askar Akayev, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Myint Swe, and Israel Katz. After him are Stefan Uroš V, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Jonathan Apphus, Nicias, Hormizd I, and Qalawun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 4. Before him are Osman II, John IV of Portugal, and Johann Rudolf Glauber. After him are John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, İslâm III Giray, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Claudia de' Medici, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Zheng Zhilong, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Among people deceased in 1651, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 5. Before him are Kösem Sultan, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Ngawang Namgyal, and Lennart Torstensson. After him are Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Giulia Tofana, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and Cornelis de Vos.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 142 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Jiro Miyake (1900), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Toshihide Maskawa (1940). After him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Sonny Chiba (1939), Emperor Kōrei (-341), and Tarō Asō (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu ranks 45. Before him are Emperor Kōshō (-505), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Emperor Kōan (-427), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Reigen (1654), and Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633). After him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), and Ashikaga Takauji (1305).

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