Historedia
Person

Tokugawa Iesada

Events
2
Episodes
2
Years
1853–1857

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Tokugawa Iesada, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Tokugawa Iesada succeeds as shōgun

    1853

    Role: 13th shōgun

    1. July 1853 (Ieyoshi's death; accession date unstated) · unspecified; Iesada was born in Edo Castle, but no succession site is sourcedSuccession to the Shogunate

      Tokugawa Iesada became shōgun following the death of his father, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, who died on 27 July 1853; Iesada's formal accession date is not stated in the sources.

  2. Townsend Harris meets the Shogun in Edo

    1857

    Role: 13th Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate

    1. 21 October 1857 · Edo CastleAudience at Edo Castle

      Townsend Harris received a personal audience with Shogun Tokugawa Iesada at Edo Castle in October 1857.

Sources

  1. Tokugawa Iesada Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-10