Tokugawa Yoshinao

Infobox_Officeholder | name= Tokugawa Yoshinao
nationality=Japanese


caption=Tokugawa Yoshinao
order=1st Lord of Owari
term_start=1610
term_end=1650
predecessor=none
successor=Tokugawa Mitsutomo
birth_date=birth date|1601|1|2|mf=y
birth_place=
death_date=death date and age|1650|6|5|1601|1|2|mf=y
death_place=
spouse= Asano Haru

nihongo|Tokugawa Yoshinao|徳川義直 (January 2, 1601 - June 5, 1650) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. Born under the name Gorōtamaru, he was Tokugawa Ieyasu's seventh son. Initially receiving the fief of Kofu, in Kai Province, he was later transferred, first to Kiyosu in Owari Province, and finally, to Nagoya in 1610, thus founding the Owari-Tokugawa house. A holder of the 2nd court rank, junior grade ("ju-ni-i"), he had the title of "dainagon" (major counselor).

Yoshinao's principal wife was Princess Haru, the daughter of Asano Yoshinaga of Kii (whose family was later transferred to Hiroshima), and his concubines included Osai and Ojō no Kata. He had two children: Mitsutomo, who succeeded him as daimyo of Owari, and Itoko, who married Hirohata Tadayuki, a court noble.

Yoshinao began learning Shinkage-ryū from Yagyū Hyōgonosuke at age 16, and was named the 4th "sōke" at age 21.

References

*Tokugawa, Munefusa (2005). "Tokugawa yonbyakunen no naishobanashi". Tokyo: Bunshun-bunko.