Tokugawa Yoshikatsu

Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
14th (Tokugawa) Lord of Owari
In office 1849–1858
Preceded by	Tokugawa Yoshitsugu
Succeeded by	Tokugawa Mochinaga
17th (Tokugawa) Lord of Owari
In office 1870–1880
Preceded by	Tokugawa Yoshinori
Succeeded by	Tokugawa Yoshiakira
Personal details
Born	(1824-04-14)April 14, 1824 Edo, Japan
Died	August 1, 1883(1883-08-01) (aged 59)
Spouse	Niwa Kane

Tokugawa Yoshikatsu (徳川 慶勝, April 14, 1824 – August 1, 1883) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. He was the brother of Matsudaira Katamori. His childhood name was Hidenosuke (秀之助).

Family

• Father: Matsudaira Yoshitatsu (1800-1862)
• Mother: Norihime, daughter of Tokugawa Harutoshi
• Wife: Kanehime, daughter of Niwa Nagatomi
• Concubines:
  • Otama no Kata
  • Oyuki no Kata
  • Otake no Kata
  • Okatsu no Kata
• Children:
  • Tokugawa Yoshinori by Otama
  • Michihime by Otama
  • Toyohime by Otama
  • Yoshihime married Tokugawa Yoshiakira by Otake
  • Tomihime married Mouri Motoakira by Otake
  • Tokugawa Yoshikumi (1878-1946) by Okatsu

Honours

• Junior First Rank (1869)

References

• Totman, Conrad. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.

External links

Media related to Tokugawa Yoshikatsu at Wikimedia Commons