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Tokugawa Iemitsu

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1604–1651 Also known as 徳川家光、Tokugawa Iemitsu

Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–1651) was the third shogun of the Edo shogunate, succeeding his father Hidetada in 1623;…

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  1. 1623–1633Edo Castle · EdoHe succeeded his father Tokugawa Hidetada as shogun in 1623; initially assisted by advisors such as Tenkai, he consolidated shogunal government and gradually established the shogun's dominance over the daimyō and the imperial court.
  2. 1633–1639Edo · EdoIn the 1630s he issued a series of sakoku edicts: restricting Portuguese activity, banning Japanese from going abroad, concentrating Dutch trade at Dejima in Nagasaki, and suppressing Christianity, establishing the basic framework of Edo-period foreign isolation.

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