The Tokugawa Clan

Abe clan of Mikawa Province
Gosankyō
Honda clan
Ii clan
Ishikawa clan
Ōkubo clan
Sakai clan
Toda clan
Satsuma Clan (Sabaku Faction)

Yoshinobu Tokugawa: The 15th Head

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. 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.

On November 9, 1867, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and the last shōgun of Tokugawa, tendered his resignation to Emperor Meiji. He formally stepped down ten days later, returning governing power to the Emperor, marking the end of the ruling power of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1868, Tokugawa Iesato (1863–1940, from Tayasu family) was chosen as the heir to Yoshinobu as the head of Tokugawa Clan in the event of Yoshinobu's death.

Satsuma Clan (Sabaku Faction), Shisengumi, Shinchogumi

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Princess Atsuko Satsuma of the Satsuma Clan (Sabaku Faction)