The Tokugawa shoguns would help to popularize 'hanami' through successive programs of tree planting across Edo.
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光 1604-51) had trees brought from Yoshino to Kanei-ji, and in 1720 Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川吉宗 1684-1751) planted trees in Asakusa and Asukayama.
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