Tanuma Okitsugu
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Tanuma.
Tanuma Okitsugu (田沼意次) (September 11, 1719, Edo, Japan – August 25, 1788, Edo) was a senior counselor (rōjū) of the Tokugawa shogunate. He is known for the introduction of monetary reform.
Daimyo[change | change source]
Tanuma was also a daimyo of the Sagara han. He used the title Tonomo-no-kami.[1]
Shogunate leader[change | change source]
The administration of Tanuma was marked by corruption and by inflation of currency.
In 1784 (Tenmei 4), Okitsugu's son was assassinated in front of his father inside Edo Castle. The involvement of senior figures in the bakufu was suspected, but only the assassin was punished. The result was that liberal reforms and the relaxation of the national isolation policy sakoku were stopped.[2]
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| Preceded by Honda Tadanaka |
Lord of Sagara 1767-1786 |
Succeeded by Tanuma Okiaki |
More reading[change | change source]
- Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719–1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621
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