文恭院
Bunkyō-in
(Divine Prince of Respectful Embellishment)
十一代将軍徳川家斉公
11th Shōgun, Lord Tokugawa Ienari
LOCATION: Kan’ei-ji (Ueno Park)
After a bunch of super boring shōguns, we’ve finally come to someone worth talking about: Tokugawa Ienari, the party shōgun. Awwwwwwww yeah!
★ Ienari was the longest reigning shōgun.
★ Was irresponsible, but people liked him.
★ Saved many temples & shrines by moving them to Nippori
★ He was da man for something like 50 years.
★ Dude was a straight pimp.
★ Only shōgun with his own hashtag on Twitter: #TeamIenari
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Look at this chart comparing Ienari’s life with mine:
| Ienari | Me | |
| legal wife 正室 seishitsu (literally main bedroom) | 1 | 0 |
| concubines 側室 sokushitsu (literally side rooms) | 16-27 official concubines (but there were nearly 1000 women living in the 大奥 ō-oku harem at that time; his number fluctuates because of deaths/illnesses/etc) | 2 at best… |
| children | 56 26ish boys 27ish girls | 0 |
| diseases | said to have been “riddled with syphilis” yet lived to a ripe old 68 (pretty good for those days) | allergic to ragweed and house dust |
| partying | liked to drink every night with beautiful women (emphasis on the plural) and he was said to have never had a sexless night | i’d like that too, but reality is a little different… |
| nickname | 俗物将軍 zokubutsu-shōgun “da vulgar shōgun” ・ オットセイ将軍 ottosei-shōgun “da Viagra shōgun” [i] | ﾏｰｷｰｽﾀｰ marky star |
| spending | blew so much cash on bitches and bling that the inheritance money of the direct shōgunal line never recovered until after the bakumatsu | what inheritance? |
| CONCLUSION: | A straight up pimp. | Pretty much not a pimp… |
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“It’s good to be the shogun.”
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There are a bunch of things he did that I don’t want to compare with my life. For example, as a kid he liked to have pet chickens and crabs. He also liked to step on them and crush them to death. He also loved butter and dairy products.
Yuck. I hate butter and dairy.
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Should I bring my drums?
Not necessary?
OK.
I see.
On my way…
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Anyways, after a long life and a long reign that I’m sure he enjoyed every freaking minute of, he was finally enshrined together with his father, Ieharu, at Gen’yū-in, the funerary temple of the second shōgun, Ietsuna. Ienari’s grave was located to the right of Ieharu’s and left of the stone walls surrounding the Gen’yū-in funerary complex.
Some people might say his posthumous name is inappropriate or ridiculous. But 文 bun means “style” and 恭 kyō means “respect.” Dude, Ienari was a straight up playa. You gotta respect that style[ii].
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This is the most gravey picture in this article.
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For the same reasons I’ve been complaining about for days now, I have no pictures of his grave or Gen’yū-in mortuary complex. The best I can offer is my original article on Gen’yū-in, Tokugawa Ietsuna’s place of enshrinement.
[i] Ottosei is a kind of seal. Common belief at the time was that if you cut off a seal dick and dry it, then make it into a powder and drink it, you’ll get “man power.”
[ii] Liberal translation, I know. It’s a joke, sue me. That said, Ienari’s long reign saw a true flourishing of Edo culture and peaceful rule.
I used to think Ieyasu was the coolest shogun. But he ain’t got shit on this dude.
Ienari FTW!
Sprayin’ dat pimp juice like a shogun!
For an era made up of super boring shoguns this guy sure keeps things lively.
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Dude, where did you take the picture of the diorama? That’s awesome!
It’s from the Hihōkan in Atami (http://atami-hihoukan.jp/), best date spot EVER.