Don't call the fourth shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, a boring shogun. In fact, he was a man full of likeable anecdotes.

When a young lord becomes the leader, there are generally two patterns that follow. Either the vassals support him safely until he grows up, or they seize the opportunity and a power struggle breaks out, causing the family to collapse. However, there was a shogun in the Edo period who did not fit either category. He was Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Edo shogunate, who passed away on May 8, 1680 (Enpo 8). Tokugawa Ietsuna / Quote fro…