was ''

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'' of

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during early-

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Biography

Tokugawa Tsunanari was the son of the second ''

'' of

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by his official wife,

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later Reisen-in, the daughter of ''

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Tokugawa Iemitsu Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third '' shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, w ...

. Although Mitsutomo's second son, he was given the position of first son and heir over his elder brother, who had been born to a

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. He undertook his ''

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'' ceremony under Shogun

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on April 5, 1657, and was given the adult name of the "Tsunayoshi". He changed his name to "Tsunanari" to avoid confusion with an uncle of the same name who was daimyō of

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. His childhood name was Gorota (五郎太). On the retirement of his father on April 27, 1693, Tsunanari became the 3rd Tokugawa ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain, with 3rd court rank and the courtesy title of

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. Although officially ''daimyō'', all power remained in the hands of his retired father and Tsunanari spent most of his time in various scholarly pursuits, including starting work on a comprehensive history of

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in 1698. In addition to his official wife (a daughter of court noble Hirohata Tadayki), Tsunanari had 16 concubines, by whom he had a total of 40 children (22 male, 18 female). Tsunanari died on July 1, 1699, by eating a tainted

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, and was succeeded by his 10th son, Tokugawa Yoshimichi. He was posthumously awarded 2nd Court Rank and the courtesy title of

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. His grave is at the Owari Tokugawa clan temple of

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in Nagoya.

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Tokugawa Chiyohime, daughter of the third shōgun

* Wife: Shinko, daughter of Hirohata Tadayuki * Concubines: ** Ofuku no Kata later Honjuin (1665–1739) ** Izumi later Senkoin ** Karahashi-dono ** Umezu later Senyoin ** Oyae no Kata ** Osano no Kata ** Kono-dono ** Umekoji-dono ** Odan no Kata ** Otsu no Kata ** Tatsuko no Kata ** Renjoin ** Oako no Kata ** Oman no Kata ** Kurahashi-dono ** Takahita-dono * Children: ** Gorohachi (1676–1678) by Oyae ** Gen'nosuke (1678–1678) by Osano ** Etsuhime (1679–1681) by Kono ** Tsurumaru (1680–1680) by Umekoji ** Matsunosuke (1682–1683) by Umekoji ** Kikuhime (1684–1685) by Umekoji ** Kitaro (1686–1687) by Umekoji ** Ayahime (1692–1694) by Umekoji ** Bomaru (1693–1693) by Umekoji ** Masahime (1695–1695) by Umekoji ** Hatsuhime (1683–1683) by Odan ** Hachihime (1684–1684) by Otsu ** Kiyohime (1684–1684) by Tatsuko ** Haruhime (1685–1868) by Renjoin ** Daizen (1688–1691) by Renjoin ** Mitsuhime (1690–1691) by Renjoin ** Kametaro (1687–1692) by Senkoin ** Tsunesaburo (1688–1691) by Senkoin ** Tsutahime (1688–1688) by Honjuin ** Tokugawa Yoshimichi by Honjuin ** Itsuhime (1691–1696) by Honjuin ** Iwanosuke (1694–1705) by Honjuin ** Naohime (1688–1689) by Oako ** Harunosuke (1694–1705) by Oako ** Ishimatsu (1692–1694) by Oako ** Yorihime (1692–1694) by Oman ** Chojiro (1694–1697) by Senyoin ** Bohime (1698–1698) by Senyoin ** Sennosuke (1696–1697) by Kurahashi ** Fukuhime (1698–1700) by Kurahashi ** Tokugawa Tsugutomo by Senkoin ** Matsudaira Yoshitaka (1694–1732) by Karahashi ** Matsudaira Michimasa (1696–1730) by Karahashi ** Tokugawa Muneharu by Senyoin ** Kichihime (1697–1701) by Karahashi and adopted by the fifth shōgun

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Nussbaum, Louis-Fr ...

** Matsuhime married

Maeda Yoshinori was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 6th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Yoshinori was the third son of Maeda Tsunanori. His mother was a comm ...

by Kurahashi and adopted by the fifth shōgun

** Tonosuke (1699–1699) by Takahita

References

* Papinot, Edmond. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
* ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tokugawa, Tsunanari 1652 births 1699 deaths Tokugawa clan Lords of Owari Deaths from food poisoning