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Okitugu Tanuma

1719[1788

In the family name, Tanuma and the name is Okitugu.

Japanese call Tanuma Okitugu.

Because Ieharu(10th Tokugawa General) supported Tanuma, he had strong power. He was a mercantilist and promoted domestically-based service companies,trade,development of Hokkaido. Those policies have obtained the result.

Tanuma demanded a lot of bribes, and received it openly and daily. So he lost support and, therefore, lost power. He lost support and, therefore, lost power.


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