Kyōhō Reforms
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The Kyōhō Reforms (享保の改革, kyōhō no kaikaku) were an array of economic and cultural policies introduced by the Tokugawa shogunate between 1722–1730 during the Edo period to improve its political and social status.[1] These reforms were instigated by the eighth Tokugawa shōgun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune, encompassing the first 20 years of his shogunate.[2] The name Kyōhō Reforms, refers to the Kyōhō period (July 1716 – April 1736).[3]