| And, in accordance with his father's will, he gave Okitsugu TANUMA an important position of Sobayonin (the grand chamberlain) and attended to government affairs together with Roju (member of shogun's council of elders) Takechika MATSUDAIRA and others. |
そして父・家重の遺言に従い、田沼意次を側用人に重用し、老中・松平武元らと共に政治に励んだ。 |