Tokugawa Mochinaga

In this Japanese name, the surname is Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Mochinaga
Tokugawa Mochinaga
Lord of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa
In office 1866–1884
Preceded by	Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Succeeded by	Tokugawa Satomichi
Personal details
Born	(1831-06-11)June 11, 1831 Edo, Japan
Died	March 6, 1884(1884-03-06) (aged 52)

Tokugawa Mochinaga (徳川 茂徳, June 11, 1831 – March 6, 1884) was a Japanese samurai who was an influential figure of the Bakumatsu period. His childhood name was Chinzaburo (鎮三郎).

Biography

The son of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu of Takasu han, his brothers included the famous Matsudaira Katamori, Matsudaira Sadaaki, and Tokugawa Yoshikatsu. Together, the four men were known as the Takasu yon-kyōdai 高須四兄弟, or "Four Brothers of Takasu". First serving as daimyō of his native Takasu Domain, and then the Owari Domain, Mochiharu retired before succeeding to the headship of the Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa house. An important figure in the Bakumatsu period, he eventually retired the Hitotsubashi headship in favor of his son Satomichi.

Family

• Father: Matsudaira Yoshitatsu (1800-1862)
• Mother: Norihime, daughter of Tokugawa Harutoshi
• Wife: Masahime, daughter of Niwa Nagatomi
• Children:
  • Matsudaira Yoshimasa (1858-1860) by Masahime
  • Tokugawa Satomichi by Masahime

References

Further reading

• Hitotsubashi genealogy
• Bolitho, Harold. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.