Iehiro Tokugawa
19th Head of the Tokugawa House
Tokugawa giving a lecture in 2015, in Gamagōri city, Aichi Prefecture
Head of the Tokugawa House
Reign1 January 2023 –present[1]
PredecessorTsunenari Tokugawa
Born (1965-02-07) February 7, 1965 (age 59)
Shibuya, Tokyo
FatherTsunenari Tokugawa

Iehiro Tokugawa (Shinjitai: 徳川家広, Kyūjitai: 德川家廣, Tokugawa Iehiro; born 7 February 1965) is a Japanese author and translator who is the 19th generation and current head of the main Tokugawa clan. His great-great-grandfather was the famed Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, and his maternal great-great-grandfather was Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of the Tokugawa clan.

Life

Tokugawa graduated from Keio University before completing a doctorate of economics at the University of Michigan. He is fluent in English, and translated from Japanese a book written by his father, Tsunenari Tokugawa titled Edo no idenshi (江戸の遺伝子) or The Edo Inheritance. He has translated books by Tony Blair, George Soros, George Friedman, Amy Chua, Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Rajiv Chandrasekaran's book 'Green Zone' into the Japanese language. He has also worked for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.[2]

In 2019, Tokugawa attempted to win a seat on the House of Councillors for the Shizuoka District, which he lost. He ran as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and campaigned on completely decommissioning the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, which was shut down following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.[3]

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image icon Tokugawa's investiture

Tokugawa became the head of the Tokugawa clan after his father stepped down from the role on 1 January 2023.[1]

Ancestry

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Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent

Tokugawa's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

The existence of a verifiable link between the Nitta clan and the Tokugawa/Matsudaira clan remains somewhat in dispute.

  1. Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to Emperor Jimmu
  2. Emperor Keitai, ca. 450–534
  3. Emperor Kinmei, 509–571
  4. Emperor Bidatsu, 538–585
  5. Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–???
  6. Emperor Jomei, 593–641
  7. Emperor Tenji, 626–671
  8. Prince Shiki, ????–716
  9. Emperor Kōnin, 709–786
  10. Emperor Kanmu, 737–806
  11. Emperor Saga, 786–842
  12. Emperor Ninmyō, 810–850
  13. Emperor Montoku 826-858
  14. Emperor Seiwa, 850-881
  15. Prince Sadazumi, 873-916
  16. Minamoto no Tsunemoto, 894-961
  17. Minamoto no Mitsunaka, 912-997
  18. Minamoto no Yorinobu, 968-1048
  19. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, 988-1075
  20. Minamoto no Yoshiie, 1039-1106
  21. Minamoto no Yoshikuni, 1091-1155
  22. Minamoto no Yoshishige, 1114-1202
  23. Nitta Yoshikane, 1139-1206
  24. Nitta Yoshifusa, 1162-1195
  25. Nitta Masayoshi, 1187-1257
  26. Nitta Masauji, 1208-1271
  27. Nitta Motouji, 1253-1324
  28. Nitta Tomouji, 1274-1318
  29. Nitta Yoshisada, 1301-1338
  30. Nitta Yoshimune, 1331?-1368
  31. Tokugawa Chikasue?, ????-???? (speculated)
  32. Tokugawa Arichika, ????-????
  33. Matsudaira Chikauji, d. 1393?
  34. Matsudaira Yasuchika, ????-14??
  35. Matsudaira Nobumitsu, c. 1404-1488/89?
  36. Matsudaira Chikatada, 1430s-1501
  37. Masudaira Nagachika, 1473-1544
  38. Matsudaira Nobutada, 1490-1531
  39. Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, 1511-1536
  40. Matsudaira Hirotada, 1526-1549
  41. Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616)
  42. Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603-1661)
  43. Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622-1695)
  44. Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661-1687)
  45. Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680-1735)
  46. Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705-1730)
  47. Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728-1766)
  48. Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751-1805)
  49. Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu (1776-1832)
  50. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu (1800-1862)
  51. Matsudaira Katamori, 9th Lord of Aizu (1836-1893)
  52. Tsuneo Matsudaira (1877-1949)
  53. Ichirō Matsudaira (1907-1992)
  54. Tsunenari Tokugawa (born 1940)
  55. Iehiro Tokugawa (born 1965)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Morishita, Kae. "Tokugawa clan's place in history assured, says new family head". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Head of Tokugawa clan set to lose in Shizuoka Pref. in upper house race". 22 July 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Head of Tokugawa clan set to lose in Shizuoka Pref. in upper house race". 22 July 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

Further reading

Preceded byTokugawa Tsunenari Tokugawa family head January 1, 2023 – present Incumbent Military offices Preceded byTokugawa Tsunenari — TITULAR — Sei-i Taishōgun January 1, 2023 – presentReason for succession failure:Shogunate abolished Incumbent


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