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TIL. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646–1709) was a Japanese shōgun of the Edo period, known for his eccentric love for dogs. A Buddhist monk convinced him that he had been a dog in a previous life, and from then on he enacted laws in favour of them, such as the capital punishment for damaging them.

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