Tokugawa (Kishu)

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Tokugawa coat of arms
Kii residence in Edo
Kii secondary residence

The Kishū-Tokugawa ( Japanese 紀 州 徳 川 家 , Kishū Tokugawa-ke ), also Kii-Tokugawa ( 紀 伊 徳 川 家 , -ke ), were one of the three Tokugawa families ( Gosanke ) that descended from the youngest sons of Tokugawa Ieyasu and thus belonged to the Shinpan daimyo . With an income of 250,000 koku , they were the middle of the three branch families. Three shoguns came from this family.

genealogy

Main line

  • Yorinobu ( 頼 宜 , 1602–1671), eighth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu , received the fief of Mito ( Hitachi Province ) with 250,000 koku in 1603 . In 1606 he was transferred to Fuchū ( Suruga ) and finally in 1619 to Wakayama ( Kii ) with 555,000 Koku. He and his descendants resided there until 1868.
  • Mochitsugu ( 茂 承 , 1844–1906) was the last daimyo of this line. After 1868 his descendants carried us the title of prince until 1945 .
  • Yorimichi ( 賴 倫 , 1872–1925), Mochitsugu's son, inspired by a trip through Europe and the USA, in 1902 made the book inventory of the house in a building specially constructed on a family property in Tokyo called Nanki-bunko ( 南 葵 文庫 ) open to the public. In 1923, after the Kanto earthquake , he left most of his books to the Tokyo University library . He was a promoter of public librarianship in Japan and long-time president of the Japan Library Association .

Matsudaira (Kii)

  • Matsudaira Yorizumi ( 松 平 頼 純 , 1641-1711), son of Yorinobu, and his descendants resided from 1670 to 1868 in a permanent house ( jinya ) in Saijō ( Iyo ) with an income of 30,000 koku.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Today the residence of the Crown Prince and the Akasaka Palace are located on the site .
  2. ↑ This district is called Ki-OI-cho after the secondary residences of the Kishu-Tokugawa, Owari-Tokugawa and Ii . Today the big Hotel New Otani stands there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 184.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Yotsuya" district map from approx. 1850.
  3. ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Soto-Sakurada" from approx. 1850.

literature

  • Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Nishinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1906-8 .