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Tokugawa clan

Tokugawa
徳川
Tokugawa clan mon
Home province
Parent house
TitlesVarious
Founder
Final rulerTokugawa Yoshinobu
Current headIehiro Tokugawa
Founding year
  • 1567
Ruled until
Cadet branchesVarious, including

The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period. It was formerly a powerful daimyō family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of the clan remains a mystery.[1] Nominally, the Matsudaira clan is said to be descended from the Nitta clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, but the likelihood of this claim is considered quite low or untrue.[2][3][4][5]

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  5. ^ 徳川家康は源氏の英雄・源義家の子孫にあたるのか？ (in Japanese). Rekishijin. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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