Tokugawa Yoshitomo

was the 4th-generation head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke, the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

Biography Born in Sena, in Shizuoka Prefecture, he went to school in Tokyo, later engaging in a career in photography (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.

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

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.

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