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  1. Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712)

    Bio Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712)

    Tokugawa Ienobu (徳川 家宣, 1662-1712) was the sixth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate and ruled for just three years, from 1709 to 1712. Ienobu was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige (徳川綱重, 1644-1678), the daimyō of the Kōfu domain (present-day Yamanashi Prefecture). Tsunashige was the brother...
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    History New head of Tokugawa clan to be instated

    On 29 January, the Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony to formally install its first new head in more than half a century, Tokugawa Iehiro (徳川家広, b. 1965), as the 19th generation head of the Tokugawa main branch. He...
  3. Matsudaira Clan

    History Matsudaira Clan

    The Matsudaira (松平氏 Matsudaira-shi) were a samurai family (武家 buke) from the Matsudaira area in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). Although its exact origins are unclear, the clan claimed descent from the medieval Seiwa Genji (清和源氏) branch of the Minamoto. Its founder was said to be...
  4. Shogun

    History Shogun

    This book tells the fascinating history of the life of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — Japan's most famous Shogun. Since its initial appearance, A.L.Sadler's imposing biography of the Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu has been recognized as an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Japanese...
  5. thomas

    News Yoshitomo Tokugawa, great-grandson of last shogun, dies at 67

    Yoshitomo Tokugawa, great-grandson of last shogun, dies at 67 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/27/national/yoshitomo-tokugawa-great-grandson-last-shogun-dies-67 Short bio: Yoshitomo Tokugawa Biography | Photographer | Japan Yoshitomo is not to be confused with Tokugawa Tsunenari...
  6. R

    Animal symbolism

    This is my first post so ... hello. I need to make an illustration for my teacher at university. I want to draw battle of Nagashino, but I have a problem: is there any way to illustrate three clans (Oda, Tokugawa and Takeda) as animals? There are any symbols that will be good to this purpose?
  7. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709)

    Bio Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709)

    Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (ruled 1680-1709), the fourth son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and known by the moniker "dog shogun". Born to Iemitsu, the third shōgun, Tsunayoshi (徳川綱吉, 1646-1709) spent most of his childhood under the supervision of his...
  8. Tokugawa Ietsuna

    Tokugawa Ietsuna

    Fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, eldest son of the third shogun Iemitsu, great-grandson of Ieyasu (unknown illustrator, drawing from Hase-dera in Nara).
  9. Tokugawa Ietsuna

    Tokugawa Ietsuna

    Fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, eldest son of the third shogun Iemitsu, great-grandson of Ieyasu.
  10. Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, eldest legitimate son of the second shogun, grandson of Ieyasu.
  11. Tokugawa Hidetada

    Tokugawa Hidetada

    Second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
  12. Tokugawa Yoshinao

    Tokugawa Yoshinao

    Tokugawa Yoshinao (徳川義直, 1601-1650) was the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the first Tokugawa-Owari daimyō
  13. Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641-1680)

    Bio Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641-1680)

    The fourth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the eldest son of the third shōgun Iemitsu, great-grandson of Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ietsuna (Kanō Yasunobu, 1613-1685) The eldest son of Iemitsu, Tokugawa Ietsuna (徳川家綱, 1641-1680) succeeded his father at the age of 10. He was assisted by regents, all...
  14. Matsudaira Nobutsuna

    Bio Matsudaira Nobutsuna

    A prominent administrator of the early Tokugawa shogunate, also known as Chie Izu (知恵伊豆, “The Clever Izu”). Born to Ōkōchi Hisatsuna, a senior retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu of modest background, Nobutsuna (松平信綱, 1596-1662) was adopted as the heir of his uncle, Matsudaira Masatsuna, in 1601. He was...
  15. Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–1651)

    Bio Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–1651)

    Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光, 1604-1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the eldest legitimate son of the second shōgun, grandson of Ieyasu. Tokugawa Iemitsu Born under his childhood name Tokugawa Takechiyō (徳川竹千代) to his father Tokugawa Hidetada and a younger sister of Lady...
  16. Tokugawa Hidetada (1579-1632)

    Bio Tokugawa Hidetada (1579-1632)

    Second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu Born at the castle of Hamamatsu, Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川秀忠, 1579-1632) served as the general of one of his father's armies in the campaign that led to the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) and the sieges of Ōsaka Castle (1614-15). In...
  17. Tokugawa Art Museum

    Museum Tokugawa Art Museum

    The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private museum that opened its gates in 1935 and displays a large collection of artefacts of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. Many of these family treasures dated back to Tokugawa Ieyasu and were completed by the collection of his...
  18. Okazaki Castle

    Castle Okazaki Castle

    Okazaki Castle (岡崎城 Okazaki-jō) is located in Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture. It is famous for being the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. The current edifice, a hilltop castle, is a reconstruction of the original donjon with its annexe and well-house...
  19. Shinsengumi

    History Shinsengumi

    The shogunate's hatchet brigade Shinsengumi uniforms (Shinsengumi Museum in Aizuwakamatsu The Shinsengumi (新撰組 or 新選組) was a small elite group of swordsmen commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1863 as a special police force to counter pro-imperial and anti-shogunate subversion in Kyōto...
  20. Tokugawa Museum Nagoya

    Tokugawa Museum Nagoya

    Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya: the treasures of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family.
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