Tokugawa Yorinobu

Tokugawa Yorinobu (徳川頼宣 April 28, 1602 – February 19, 1671) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. Born under the name Nagafukumaru, he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Oman-no-kata. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 200,000 "koku", as his fief. Mito had formerly belonged to his older brother, Takeda Nobuyoshi. Following his stipend increase to 250,000 "koku" in October 1604, he came of age on September 12, 1606, taking the name Yorimasa, and receiving the court rank of junior 4th, lower grade ("ju-shi-i-ge") and the title of "Hitachi no Suke". On January 6, 1610, he was transferred to a 500,000 "koku" fief in Suruga and Tōtōmi Provinces (thereby founding Sunpu Domain centered around Sunpu Castle), and took the name Yorinobu. However, after a little under a decade in Suruga, he was transferred to the 550,000 "koku" Wakayama Domain on August 27, 1619, following the transfer of the previous rulers, the Asano clan, to Hiroshima, in Aki Province. Yorinobu thus became the founder of the Kii branch of the Tokugawa family. Yorinobu's wife was the daughter of Kato Kiyomasa. By the end of his life, Yorinobu had achieved junior 2nd court rank ("ju-ni-i"), as well as holding the title of dainagon ("major counselor").

Yorinobu had four children: his successor Tokugawa Mitsusada, Yorizumi, the founder of the Iyo-Saijo Domain, Inaba-hime, who married Ikeda Mitsunaka of the Tottori Domain, and Matsuhime, who married Matsudaira Nobuhira of the Yoshii Domain.

He was the father of Mitsusada and Yorizumi. Following his death, he was referred to by the title "Nanryū-in".

In 1915, Yorinobu was posthumously promoted to senior 2nd court rank ("shō-ni-i").

References

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External links

* [http://www.chohoji.or.jp/hounouhin2/img/nanryu.jpgPortrait of Yorinobu]