Tokugawa-Owari family

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The Tokugawa family of Owari (徳川尾張家 Tokugawa Owarika?) is a branch of a Japanese clan that descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is also the main Gosanke ("three honorable houses of the Tokugawa").[1] For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain, the area surrounding present day Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, using Nagoya Castle as its main base.[2]

The present head of the family is Tokugawa Yoshitaka.

A guidepost marking the site of a former residence for the Tokugawa-Owari family
A guidepost marking the site of a former residence for the Tokugawa-Owari family

[edit] Heads

  1. Yoshinao
  2. Mitsutomo
  3. Tsunanari
  4. Yoshimichi
  5. Gorōta
  6. Tsugutomo
  7. Muneharu
  8. Munekatsu
  9. Munechika
  10. Naritomo
  11. Nariharu
  12. Naritaka
  13. Yoshitsugu
  14. Yoshikumi
  15. Mochinaga
  16. Yoshinori
  17. Yoshikatsu

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hosa Library, City of Nagoya. Hosa Library. Accessed July 4, 2007.
  2. ^ Nagoya Castle. Urabe Research Laboratory. Accessed July 4, 2007.
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