Tokugawa Gosanke
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thumb|right|''Maru-ni-mitsuba'aoi'' ("Circle Around Three Hollyhock Leaves"), the Tokugawa clan's crest (mon) The , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari, Kii, and Mito, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term gosanke could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari and Kii houses and (2) the Owari, Kii, and Suruga houses
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- Tokugawa clan
- Has part
- Kii branch
- Country
- Japan
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- Gosankyō
- time period
- Edo period
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Owari branch
- Kii branch
- Mito branch
- Genealogy of the ''Gosanke'' heads
- Owari branch
- Kii branch
- Mito branch
- Other uses of the term
- Notes
- References
thumb|right|''Maru-ni-mitsuba'aoi'' ("Circle Around Three Hollyhock Leaves"), the Tokugawa clan's crest (mon) The , also called simply , or even , were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari, Kii, and Mito, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term gosanke could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari and Kii houses and (2) the Owari, Kii, and Suruga houses (all with the court position of dainagon).
Later, Gosanke were deprived of their role to provide a shōgun by three other branches that are closer to the shogunal house: the Gosankyō.
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