Tokugawa clan

The Tokugawa clan (Japanese: 徳川氏, Tokugawa-shi) was a powerful group of related samurai in Japan. Fifteen shoguns, including the founder Tokugawa Ieyasu, came from the clan. In addition, the heads of the gosanke (the three branches with fiefs in Owari, Kishū, and Mito bore the Tokugawa surname. Branches became the gosankyō: the Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu Tokugawa clans. Many daimyo with the Matsudaira surname were descended from the Tokugawa. Examples include the Matsudaira of Fukui and Aizu. Members of the Tokugawa clan intermarried with prominent daimyo and the Imperial family.

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Japanese - Samurai - Japan - Shoguns - Tokugawa Ieyasu - Gosanke - Owari - Kishū - Mito - Gosankyō - Matsudaira - Fukui - Aizu - Daimyo - Imperial

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