Tokugawa Narimasa
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was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period
. The son of Tokugawa Harusada, he succeeded Tokugawa Haruaki
as head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa
house, which had been without a ruler for some time.
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. The son of Tokugawa Harusada, he succeeded Tokugawa Haruaki
Tokugawa Haruaki
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....
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:...
house, which had been without a ruler for some time.