Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iesada | |
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徳川 家定 | |
| Shōgun | |
| In office 12 November 1853 – 14 August 1858 | |
| Monarch | Kōmei |
| Preceded by | Tokugawa Ieyoshi |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Iemochi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1824 Edo, Tokugawa shogunate (now Tokyo, Japan) |
| Died | 14 August 1858 (aged 34) Tokugawa shogunate |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Takatsukasa Atsuko Princess Ichijō Hideko Princess Atsu |
| Parent(s) | Tokugawa Ieyoshi Honjuin |
| Signature | |
Tokugawa Iesada (徳川 家定; 6 May 1824 – 14 August 1858) was the 13th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He held office for five years from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and was therefore considered by later historians to have been unfit to be shōgun. His reign marks the beginning of the Bakumatsu period.