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Tokugawa Yorinobu

1602–1671 · 17th century

Tokugawa Yorinobu (1602–1671) was the tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the founder of the Kii branch of the Tokugawa family, one of the three senior houses (gosanke). Moved to Wakayama in 1619, he ruled the Kii domain and built up its castle town. His grandson Tokugawa Yoshimune became the eighth shogun.

Tokugawa Yorinobu
Image: 伝・山本養和 (Yamamoto Yowa, 1834 - 1917) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Kii Domain

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tokugawa Yorinobu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tokugawa-yorinobu
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