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Tokugawa Yoshinao (徳川 義直, January 2, 1601 – June 5, 1650) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
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Mar 6, 2024 · Enjoy visiting Nagoya Castle, Tokugawa Art Museum, and other sites and experiencing a variety of arts and performances of Nagoya through commemorating the legacy of Tokugawa Yoshinao, the first lord of the Owari Domain.
Tokugawa Yoshinao. Tokugawa Yoshinao was the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and is considered the founder of the Owari Tokugawa clan. Yoshinao’s mother was a certain Okane. He was given his late elder brother Tadayoshi's Owari fief and an income of 601,000 koku.
Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was born in Osaka Castle on January 2, 1601. At the tender age of six, he was appointed as the master of Kiyosu Castle in Aichi Prefecture. In 1612, with the completion of Nagoya Castle nearby, eleven-year-old Yoshinao rose to become the Lord of Owari Domain and Nagoya Castle.
Nagoya Toshogu Shrine. Tokugawa Yoshinao, who is the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the ancestor of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa Clan, founded the Nagoya Toshogu Shrine on September 17, 1619. He governed the Owari province, which is located at west side of the Aichi Prefecture.
Besides original Edo period plans for the keep and Honmaru Palace, the 14th and final lord of Nagoya, Tokugawa Yoshikatsu was a camera buff, and took many internal and external photographs of the castle, palace, and surrounds.
An extraordinary suit of armor and helmet, entirely covered with bearskin. Kept in the smaller keep of Nagoya Castle, this was considered the most highly prized suit of armor in the possesion of...
