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>she should have told Munetake that Ieshige was the better choice
She did. To "prevent succession disputes among heirs". Breaking the right of primogeniture is a temporary solution for a weak heir which creates the permanent problem of uncertain succession. A caring mother would not have pushed that responsibility onto Ieshige, who clearly did not want it. There is no reason to think that Yoshimune of all people is being insincere.
>she created a future where...
Where she held on to power herself, put trusted advisors in charge, and things went back to normal after the temporary reign of an unpopular Shogun. Yoshimune could not know what fuckery her granddaughters and beyond would get up to. So she ignored the feelings of her daughters, and left the traditional succession practices were intact, so that future Shoguns were better equipped to resist attempts at seizing power.
>incompetent
More like 'incontinent' lmao