The Tokugawa shogun s family of the Matsudaira clan, the Tokugawa clan period of Hamamatsu Castle

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a male descendant of a personal rent, and Ieyasu's descendants consisted of the Moshimatsudaira clan (Echizen Matsudaira family, Aizu Matsudaira family, etc.), and ruled Japan for about 270 years during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, the Tokugawa clan was treated as the most upper-class Chinese family in the samurai family, and the clan family was the prince of the Gongduan, the three families were the marquises, and the three emperors were the earls. The 15th shogun, Tokugawa Yoshiki, separated from the clan and created a separate family, the Tokugawa Yoshiki family, and at the same time granted the duke to maintain the traditional status.

At present, there are 9 families of Tokugawa Ieyasu's descendants with the surname Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Shogun's family (Shogun's house. Tokugawa clan).

Owari Tokugawa family (Gosanya).

Kishu Tokugawa family (

Mito Tokugawa family (

The Tokugawa family of Hitotsubashi (Michiji Burning Lady Sanqing).

Tayasu Tokugawa family (

Shimizu Tokugawa family (

Tokugawa Keiki family (other family of the Soke family).

Matsudo Tokugawa family (Mito Tokugawa family branch).

In 1570, in order to resist the invasion of the Takeda clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his base from Okazaki Castle to the east of Tsukima Castle. Okazaki Castle was headed by the eldest man, Nobuyasu. Ieyasu rebuilt Shakima Castle to resist the invasion of the Takeda clan, and in 1573, Takeda Shingen invaded the territory of the Tokugawa clan, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was defeated at Mikatahara and retreated to Shakima Castle.

Later, a new castle was built in the southwest of Shoma Castle and renamed Hamamatsu Castle based on the Hamamatsuso in the area. Around 1582 (Tensho 10), the construction work was completed, and in 1586, Ieyasu moved the castle to Sunfu Castle.

The Tokugawa shogun's family was the Tokugawa clan (the clan of the Tokugawa clan) and the family of the Edo shogunate. During the 264 years of the Edo period, the Tokugawa clan was the ruler of Japan and was at the peak of samurai society. The Tokugawa clan had a prolific tendency, but once there was no one left to inherit the clan, they raised an adopted son from among the separated Gosan family and the Gosankei.

After the Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa Yoshiki, the fifteenth lord of the country, was ordered to call for caution, and then he became an adopted son. Jiada changed the title of Suruga, Enoe, and Sanhe 700,000 stone from the new **, and moved to Sunfu with Yinqiao, and later Sunfu Town was renamed Shizuoka, and then established Shizuoka Domain. After the abolition of the feudal domain, he moved to Tokyo, and was listed among the Chinese family, and was given the title of duke, and later became known as the Tokugawa Duke's family.

Jia Da served as the president of the House of Lords for many years, and his sister-in-law, the seventeenth generation of the family, served as the last president of the House of Lords after the war.

In 2003, the 18th generation of the head of the family, Tsunetaka Tsuneko, established the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, in order to manage the important assets left by the clan.