Tokugawa Yoshimune, one of a few wise rulers in the history of Japan
Yoshimune was born in 1684 as the fourth son of the second lord of the Kishu domain, Mitsusada. His mother's social status being low, he was raised as a son of Kano Gorozaemon, one of the vassals of the Kishu Tokugawa Clan until he was 5 years old. Yoshimune became the fifth lord of Kishu domain at the age of 22 due to the death of all his elder brothers (his eldest brother was the third lord and the third eldest brother was the fourth, but only for a short time). He encouraged people in his domain to lead a frugal life, wearing simple clothes and eating simple food himself, in order to rebuild the domain's destitute financial condition. Soon he succeeded in resolving the financial crisis. In 1716, at the age of 33, he became the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Yoshimune is known as a wise ruler, who carried out reforms involving the compilation of laws, encouragement in martial arts and education, and the development of new rice fields.
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