Tokugawa Haruaki
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was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period. The 5th son of Tokugawa Munetake
, he succeeded his father as head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa
house.
Tokugawa Munetake
was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period, also known as Tayasu Munetake . The first head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan, he held daimyo-level income, but was not a daimyo himself, instead having his residence inside the Tayasu gate of Edo Castle.The 2nd son of the 8th shogun...
, he succeeded his father as head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa
Tokugawa clan
The was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:...
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