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References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20120212202052/http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/kyouiku/bunkabu/rekisi/NAIYOU/yuisyo/kakukou/matu.htm *http://www.kcn-net.org/bunjo/eishoji/okatsu.htm *http://kanji.quus.net/jyukugo4551/idiom231576.htm *https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11530645 Daimyo Tokugawa clan Year of death missing Year of birth missing {{daimyo-stub