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'Tokugawa Yoshitomo' (徳川慶朝; February 1, 1950-) Present (4th generation) head of the ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke'', the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

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Biography

Quotation

Principal Works

Notes

Reference

Biography

Born in Sena, in Shizuoka Prefecture, he went to school in Tokyo, later engaging in a career in photography^[1] (incidentally, the hobby of his great-grandfather) before retiring. Now a freelance author, he spends his time writing about the history of his family after the Meiji Restoration.
Through his mother's side of the family, Yoshitomo is also a descendant of the famous Matsudaira Katamori.

Quotation

Principal Works

★ ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni Youkoso''. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2003.

★ ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke no Shokutaku''. Tokyo: Bungei-shunju, 2005.

Notes

1. Tokugawa Yoshitomo, ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni yōkoso'', pp. 124-127

Reference

★ Tokugawa Yoshitomo. ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke ni yōkoso: waga ie ni tsutawaru aisubeki "saigo no shōgun" no yokogao''. Tokyo: Bunshun-bunko, 2005.