Tokugawa Ienari

Tokugawa Ienari was the 11th shogun of Japan during the Tokugawa period, serving for 50 years from 1804 to 1837. His administration was characterized by financial laxity, graft, and corruption, which led to extravagant luxury and a flourishing urban culture driven by the merchant class. Despite repeated currency debasements, the financial position of the shogunate and its domains declined. This period also saw an increase in famines and peasant uprisings, alongside steadfast opposition to Western powers seeking relations with Japan. Ienari resigned in 1837 but continued to wield influence as retired shogun until his death in 1841. The Tokugawa period, overall, was a time of internal peace and economic growth under the shogunate, which lasted from 1603 to 1867.12