In this he was disappointed. THE SEVENTH SHOGUN, IETSUGUThe seventh Tokugawa shogun, Ietsugu, son of his predecessor, Ienobu,was born in 1709, succeeded to the shogunate in April, 1713, and diedin 1716. Heassumed an absolutely impartial attitude towards all schools;adopting the good wherever it was found, and employing talent towhatever school it belonged. Placed in the monastery of Kurama, as stipulated byKiyomori, Yoshitsune had no sooner learned to think than he becameinspired with an absorbing desire to restore the fortunes of hisfamily.
The Taira would have withdrawnaltogether into Kyushu, but such a course must have been preceded bythe dislodging of No No cruelty shocked him nordid he shrink from any severity dictated by policy. The last-named reason seems to have been what prompted the revolt of1651, when Ietsuna, aged ten, had just succeeded They were designated the middle ministers (churo), whose dutywas to arbitrate between the board of senior ministers and the thirdboard, namely that of five administrators (bugyo).
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