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In fact, many, even those who love to refer to him with admiration, do not know, but the "Dog shogun" is Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the 5th shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the ruler of Japan, who commanded everything in the country from 1680 to 1709. As it happened, he was and remains one of the most famous political figures in Japanese history. Straight here is almost the most famous. And although, for the most part, historians modestly call him an eccentric tyrant, his popularity among the radical "green" just rolls over. It seems to me that they often pray to him when no one sees.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the third son in the family of the 3rd shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. And the funny thing is that like many of the current greens, he's just been hyperactive since childhood. Despite what he was doing (and there was something to see), his father, fearing that something would not happen, ordered that the boy was not trained in the martial arts, and above all studied science. But as he not studied science, but in June 1680 year – he here is as times all and': after death his senior brother Tokugawa Ietsuna, not left after themselves direct heir, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was elected fifth shogun Japan.
But in principle, the fact that he did not study the martial arts, it certainly affected. He was a strict champion of Confucianism and at the same time a Buddhist — an opponent of all bloodshed. Ah and as something times, Buddhist monk literally on fingers explained Tsunayoshi, that the absence of have him heir and early death sole son – this all because, that in one of past lives he brutally treated with dogs, and now managed be born in year Dogs and now it here is all so crooked and request.
And here is Tsunayoshi so imbued with this bright idea, that became every day write brand new decree, according to which cannot be was offend no zhivotinku. That is, of course, he began with dogs, but then he could not stop and they were joined by horses, cows, cats, chickens, turtles, snakes, fish (well, fish he just forbade to trade in the markets - about catching nothing was said) and all sorts of insects, including mosquitoes. Severe punishments, including exile, long imprisonment and the death penalty, were imposed for killing animals, primarily dogs.
On fact, with dogs there all truth have him was not simply. In fact, Tsunayoshi endowed dogs with greater rights than people, for example, with a pack of dogs, destroying crops, it was necessary to treat in a special way and in a strictly defined order: first of all, the peasants had to publicly and loudly swear that no dog would suffer, then caresses and persuasions to ask the animals to leave - while strictly forbidden to shout, throw anything and Express disrespect for the poor animals. The whole population of one village was executed when the law was broken and they began to drive the dogs with sticks to have something to eat. For rude word in worded street dogs, to which should be turn only as "o-inu itself" ("vysokoblagorodnaya Dog"), violator expected corporal punishment — beating sticks and this was enough widespread phenomenon. That is, the number of people who received daily cuffs for the words " well, back off!"it was pretty decent.
If stray dogs (even if they were sick) bit people or gnawed to death, it was strictly forbidden to do anything with them. Fighting back was forbidden, too.
But here is in his Palace in Edo shogun not kept nor one dogs, contemporaries not saw there nor the that living the creature, but and nor one paintings and another no primary art, devoted these animals, except porcelain Chinese dogs.
Crazy decrees for the protection of animals, together with the financial crisis that began at the same time, rising prices and other sorrows every year more and more upset ordinary Japanese. Ah and for completeness paintings recent years rule Tsunayoshi began prevents disaster and catastrophe: in 1706 year the capital Edo covered Typhoon, and in next year happened devastating eruption Fujiyama.
Before his death, the shogun bequeathed that his orders regarding all animals were carried out forever, but his successor who succeeded him on the throne canceled all these decrees soon enough. And, what is there to hide, to the greater joy of the entire population of the country.
Well, the fact that he was succeeded by his nephew, you've probably already guessed, the son of cunani was never born.
And by the way, in modern Japan, there is a permanent catch for stray dogs. Any animal that is not claimed by the owner is euthanized 14 days after capture. No long-term shelters, no giveaways, no snot. Caught, waited two weeks, put me to sleep. And about the Dog shogun remember not too kind word.
