Tokugawa Mochinaga
Tokugawa Mochinaga | |
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 Tokugawa Mochinaga | |
| Lord of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa | |
| In office 1866–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Tokugawa Yoshinobu |
| Succeeded by | |
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| Born | June 11, 1831 Edo, Japan |
| Died | March 6, 1884 (aged 52) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Tokugawa Mochinaga (徳川 茂徳, June 11, 1831 – March 6, 1884) was a Japanese samurai who was an influential figure of the Bakumatsu period. His childhood name was Shizasaburo (鎮三郎).
Biography[]
The son of of , his brothers included the famous Matsudaira Katamori, Matsudaira Sadaaki, and Tokugawa Yoshikatsu. Together, the four men were known as the Takasu yon-kyōdai 高須四兄弟, or "Four Brothers of Takasu". First serving as daimyō of his native Takasu Domain, and then the Owari Domain, Mochiharu retired before succeeding to the headship of the Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa house. An important figure in the Bakumatsu period, he eventually retired the Hitotsubashi headship in favor of his son .
Family[]
- Father: Matsudaira Yoshitatsu (1800-1862)
- Mother: Norihime, daughter of Tokugawa Harutoshi
- Wife: Masahime, daughter of Niwa Nagatomi
- Children:
- Matsudaira Yoshimasa (1858-1860) by Masahime
- Tokugawa Satomichi by Masahime
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Further reading[]
- Hitotsubashi genealogy
- Bolitho, Harold. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.
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