Yoshitomo Tokugawa

Yoshitomo Tokugawa (徳川 慶朝) was the 4th-generation head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke, the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

Biography
Born in Sena, in Shizuoka Prefecture, he went to school in Tokyo, later engaging in a career in photography (incidentally, the hobby of his great-grandfather) and graphic design with Honda. Later a freelance author, he spent his time writing about the history of his family after the Meiji Restoration. He also sold coffee under the brand name Tokugawa Shōgun Kōhī.

Through his mother's side of the family, Yoshitomo is also a descendant of Matsudaira Katamori.

Death
Yoshitomo died on September 25, 2017, in a hospital in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, at the age of 67.

Principal works

 * Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni Youkoso. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2003.
 * Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke no Shokutaku. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2005.

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) Tokugawa Harutoshi, 7th Lord of Mito (1773-1816)
 * 50) Tokugawa Nariaki, 9th Lord of Mito (1800-1860)
 * 51) Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th Tokugawa Shōgun (1837-1913)
 * 52) Yoshihisa Tokugawa (1884-1922)
 * 53) Yoshimitsu Tokugawa (1913-1993)
 * 54) Yoshitomo Tokugawa (1950-2017)