Tanuma Okitsugu

(September 11, 1719, Edo, Japan – August 25, 1788, Edo) was a senior counselor ("rōjū") of the Tokugawa shogunate. He is known for the introduction of monetary reform.
Daimyo.
Tanuma was also a daimyo of the Sagara han. He used the title Tonomo-no-kami.
Shogunate leader.
The administration of Tanuma was marked by corruption and by inflation of currency.
In 1784 ("Tenmei" 4), Okitsugu's son was assassinated in front of his father inside Edo Castle. The involvement of senior figures in the "bakufu" was suspected, but only the assassin was punished. The result was that liberal reforms and the relaxation of the national isolation policy "sakoku" were stopped.