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The domains of the cadet branches of the Tokugawa family - the Owari, Kii, and Mito - were valued at 1.6 million koku. The current Shogun was from the Kii family. The Owari and Mito branches, embarrassed and dissatisfied with his rule, collaborated to overthrow him and install [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B3%E5%B7%9D%E5%AE%97%E6%98%A5#%E7%B5%8C%E6%AD%B4 Tokugawa Muneharu] of the Owari family as Shogun with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mito_Domain#Mito_School Mito Confucianism] as the state ideology.
 
In 1750, the Mito-Owari coalition successfully deposed Shogun Yoshimune. Yoshimune died shortly after. Shogun Muneharu declared and implemented the articles of his political manifesto, the ''[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4nn6p372#page=66 Onchi seiyō]''. However, huge budget deficits and political opposition arose and decimated widespread efforts at reform. Four years later in 1754, Tokugawa Yoshimunehe was assassinated with no male heir. His death is considered as the end of true Tokugawa rule. Despite his short rule, Muneharu’s ideas and policies were the basis for the establishment of modern Japan.
 
== Maruoka-Odawara period (1754-1809) ==
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