Tanuma Okitsugu

Japanese political advisor, rōjū (1719–1788)

Tanuma Okitsugu (田沼 意次) (September 11, 1719 – August 25, 1788) was a chamberlain (sobashū) and a senior counselor (rōjū) to the shōgun Tokugawa Ieharu of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in the Edo period of Japan. Tanuma and his son exercised tremendous power, especially in the last 14 years of shogun Ieharu's reign. He is known for the economic reforms of the Tenmei era and rampant corruption.

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