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Tokugawa clan

Every case in the archive that involves the Tokugawa clan, best-known first.

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Under each headline: who in the family is in the case. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
3
Years
1598 to 1716
Countries
Japan
Subjects
Japan and Southeast Asia, Oil and natural resources
Updated
30 October 2026
Shimizudani Refinery Ruins at Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 001: 島根県大田市にある清水谷精錬所跡。世界文化遺産「石見銀山遺跡とその文化的景観」を構成する資産の一部。1613 · Iwami Ginzan, Ōda, Shimane, JapanTokugawa Ieyasu's mine magistrate died rich in 1613, and the shogunate made his seven sons kill themselves and seized everything he ownedTokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, put Ōkubo Nagayasu in charge of his mines; the shogunate seized Nagayasu's estate after his 1613 death.Ōkubo Nagayasu was born in 1545, the second son of a sarugaku performer. Takeda Shingen took him on as a retainer and set him to work on mines and taxes, including the Kurokawa gold mine.mlit.go.jp and 2 morePortrait of Tokugawa Yoshimune: Portrait of Tokugawa Yoshimune1716 · Edo Castle, Tokyo, JapanThe child shogun died in 1716 and the Tokugawa main line ended, so a branch lord whose three elder brothers had died took the titleTokugawa Yoshimune, great-grandson of Ieyasu and son of the lord of Kii, became eighth shogun when the child shogun Ietsugu died in 1716.Tokugawa Ieyasu founded three branch houses for his 9th, 10th and 11th sons, at Owari, Kii and Mito. They ranked above all other lords and carried the Tokugawa name.kotobank.jp and 3 moreOda Nobunaga: Portrait of Oda Nobunaga (detail). Important Cultural Property.1598 · Fushimi Castle, Kyoto and Osaka Castle, Osaka, JapanHideyoshi took over Nobunaga's house by backing a two-year-old heir, and after he died Tokugawa Ieyasu did the same to his own five-year-old sonTokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, led the Five Elders sworn to protect Hideyoshi's son Hideyori, and took Osaka Castle from him in 1615.Oda Nobunaga and his heir Nobutada died in the Honnōji incident in 1582. At a meeting of Oda generals at Kiyosu that summer, Nobunaga's sons Nobukatsu and Nobutaka each claimed the house.kotobank.jp and 5 more