Yoshitomo Tokugawa

Template:Japanese name Yoshitomo Tokugawa (徳川 慶朝, Tokugawa Yoshitomo, born February 1, 1950) is the present (4th generation) head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke, the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last shogun 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. Now a freelance author, he spends his time writing about the history of his family after the Meiji Restoration. He also sells coffee under the brand name Tokugawa Shōgun Kōhī.

Through his mother's side of the family, Yoshitomo is also a descendant of the famous Matsudaira Katamori.

Principal Works

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

Ancestry

Family of Yoshitomo Tokugawa

16. Tokugawa Nariaki 8. Tokugawa Yoshinobu 17. Princess Arisugawa Yoshiko 4. Yoshihisa Tokugawa 18. Matsudaira Masataka 9. Shinmura Nobu 2. Yoshimitsu Tokugawa 20. Prince Arisugawa Takahito 10. Prince Arisugawa Takehito 21. Mori Noriko 5. Princess Mieko Arisugawa 22. Maeda Yoshiyasu 11. Maeda Yasuko 1. Yoshitomo Tokugawa 24. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu 12. Matsudaira Katamori 25. Komori Chiyo 6. Morio Matsudaira 26. Tashiro Magahyōe 13. Tashiro Saku 3. Kazuko Matsudaira 28. Mizuno Tadaaki 14. Mizuno Tadanori 7. Shinko Mizuno 30. Matsudaira Masatomo 15. Matsudaira Eiko

References

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