Yoshitomo Tokugawa

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Yoshitomo Tokugawa (徳川 慶朝, Tokugawa Yoshitomo, February 1, 1950 – September 25, 2017)

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Biography

Born in Sena, in Shizuoka Prefecture, he went to school in Tokyo, later engaging in a career in photography[2] (incidentally, the hobby of his great-grandfather) and graphic design with Honda. Later a freelance author, he spent his time writing about the history of his family after the Meiji Restoration. He also sold coffee under the brand name Tokugawa Shōgun Kōhī.

Through his mother's side of the family, Yoshitomo is also a descendant of Matsudaira Katamori.[citation needed]

Death

Yoshitomo died on September 25, 2017, in a hospital in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, at the age of 67.

Principal works

  • Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni Youkoso. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2003.
  • Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke no Shokutaku. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2005.

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent

Tokugawa's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

The existence of a verifiable link between the Nitta clan and the Tokugawa/Matsudaira clan remains somewhat in dispute.

  1. Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to Emperor Jimmu
  2. Emperor Keitai, ca. 450–534
  3. Emperor Kinmei, 509–571
  4. Emperor Bidatsu, 538–585
  5. Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–???
  6. Emperor Jomei, 593–641
  7. Emperor Tenji, 626–671
  8. Prince Shiki, ????–716
  9. Emperor Kōnin, 709–786
  10. Emperor Kanmu, 737–806
  11. Emperor Saga, 786–842
  12. Emperor Ninmyō, 810–850
  13. Emperor Montoku 826-858
  14. Emperor Seiwa, 850-881
  15. Prince Sadazumi, 873-916
  16. Minamoto no Tsunemoto, 894-961
  17. Minamoto no Mitsunaka, 912-997
  18. Minamoto no Yorinobu, 968-1048
  19. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, 988-1075
  20. Minamoto no Yoshiie, 1039-1106
  21. Minamoto no Yoshikuni, 1091-1155
  22. Minamoto no Yoshishige, 1114-1202
  23. Nitta Yoshikane, 1139-1206
  24. Nitta Yoshifusa, 1162-1195
  25. Nitta Masayoshi, 1187-1257
  26. Nitta Masauji, 1208-1271
  27. Nitta Motouji, 1253-1324
  28. Nitta Tomouji, 1274-1318
  29. Nitta Yoshisada, 1301-1338
  30. Nitta Yoshimune, 1331?-1368
  31. Tokugawa Chikasue?, ????-???? (speculated)
  32. Tokugawa Arichika, ????-????
  33. Matsudaira Chikauji, d. 1393?
  34. Matsudaira Yasuchika, ????-14??
  35. Matsudaira Nobumitsu, c. 1404 – 1488/89?
  36. Matsudaira Chikatada, 1430s-1501
  37. Masudaira Nagachika, 1473-1544
  38. Matsudaira Nobutada, 1490-1531
  39. Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, 1511-1536
  40. Matsudaira Hirotada, 1526-1549
  41. Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616)
  42. Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603-1661)
  43. Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622-1695)
  44. Matsudaira Yoriyuki
    (1661-1687)
  45. Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680-1735)
  46. Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705-1730)
  47. Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728-1766)
  48. Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751-1805)
  49. Tokugawa Harutoshi, 7th Lord of Mito (1773-1816)
  50. Tokugawa Nariaki, 9th Lord of Mito (1800-1860)
  51. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th Tokugawa Shōgun (1837-1913)
  52. Yoshihisa Tokugawa (1884-1922)
  53. Yoshimitsu Tokugawa (1913-1993)
  54. Yoshitomo Tokugawa (1950-2017)

Notes

  1. ^ 徳川慶朝さん去 67歳 写真家、将軍慶喜のひ孫 [Mr.TOKUGAWA Yoshitomo dead. 67years-old. photographer. Grandchildren of the Shōgun Yoshinobu]. The Ibaraki Shimbun Cross Eye (in Japanese). The Ibaraki Shimbun Company. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  2. ^ Tokugawa Yoshitomo, Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni yōkoso, pp. 124-127

References

  • Tokugawa, Yoshitomo. Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni yōkoso: waga ie ni tsutawaru aisubeki "saigo no shōgun" no yokogao. Tokyo: Bunshun-bunko, 2005.