Tokugawa Iemochi

Tokugawa Iemochi (Japanese徳 川 家 茂; born July 17, 1846August 29, 1866 ) was from 1849 to 1858 the daimyo of Wakayama -han and 1858-1866 the penultimate Shogun of Japan.

1849, a native of the Kishū line of Tokugawa Yoshitomi for future heir of the childless Shogun Tokugawa Iesada was used and took the name Iemochi. After the death Iesadas Tokugawa Iemochi ultimately reached with the support of Fudai to power. His reign coincided with the final phase of the Edo period, which is characterized by so many upheavals that it is often referred to as a separate interim period when Bakumatsu. The Japanese term meaning " the end of the Shogunate ". It began under his predecessor with the arrival of the "black ships" by Commander Perry 1853. Shortly before Tokugawa Iemochis throne was the signing of the Harris Treaty with the United States. 1861 ratified Tokugawa Iemochi even in Edo the Prussian- Japanese friendship, trade and navigation treaty. While the German original of the certificate now in the custody of the Secret State Archives Prussian culture possession is in Berlin, the Japanese original was filed with the great earthquake of 1923 by the subsequent fire lost.

The apparent resilience of the Shogun vis led to a split of the Samurai: While some championed a forceful expulsion of foreigners and advocated a reform of the ruling family and the society, others advocated the retention of the Bakufu and the existing Japanese feudal system. She was also the starting point for the opposition sonno Joi movement ( " worship the emperor, away with the barbarians "). Under the rule of the Shoguns Iemochis successor ended with the return of power to the Tennō 1867, the so-called Meiji Restoration.

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