| Tokugawa 徳川 | |
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 Tokugawa clan mon | |
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| Titles | Various |
| Founder | |
| Final ruler | Tokugawa Yoshinobu |
| Current head | Iehiro Tokugawa |
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| Cadet branches | Various, including
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The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period. It was formerly a powerful daimyō family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of the clan remains a mystery.[1] Nominally, the Matsudaira clan is said to be descended from the Nitta clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, but the likelihood of this claim is considered quite low or untrue.[2][3][4][5]
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