The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi by Beatrice Bodart-Bailey
English | Feb 2006 | ISBN: 0824829786, 082483030X | 393 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | Feb 2006 | ISBN: 0824829786, 082483030X | 393 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog Shogun, by which he is still popularly known today.

