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was a prominent
daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early
Edo period. He was the third son of
Tokugawa Yorifusa (who in turn was the eleventh son of
Tokugawa Ieyasu) and succeeded him, becoming the second daimyo of the
Mito domain.
At
age 27, he married a daughter of the
kampaku Konoe Nobuhiro.
He was responsible for assembling the
Mitogaku scholars to compile a huge Japanese history,
Dai Nihon shi. In it, Japan was depicted as a nation under the
Emperor, analogous to that in Chinese dynasties. This helped the rise of nationalism in the
late shogunate and in the
Mito domain later.
In
1661, at age 34, he became the daimyo of the Mito
han.
At age 63, he was awarded the court office of gon-chūnagon, or provisional middle counsellor. He posthumously received the court rank of junior first rank (1869) and first rank (1900).
In 1691, he retired to his villa,
Seizanso. He died there a decade later.
He was also known as a gourmet of the Edo period. He is claimed to be one of the first Japanese to eat
ramen as well as routinely enjoying such exotic food as
wine and
yogurt.
Mitsukuni had one son, who took the Matsudaira surname. Additionally, Mitsukuni adopted the son of an elder brother; this adopted son, Tokugawa Tsunaeda, became his heir.
Mito Kōmon
During the latter half of the Edo period and the
Meiji period, a
kōdan (narrative tale) named "
Mito Mitsukuni Man'yūki" fictionalized the travels of Tokugawa Mitsukuni. This tradition of dramatizing his life continued with a novel and, in 1951, the first
television series to portray him as a wanderer, masquerading as a commoner, who castigated the evil powers in every corner of the nation. In 1969, the
TBS series
Mito Kōmon began, and today continues to attract audiences. Episodes were re-broadcast in the early 1990s by
WNYE-TV (New York City) under the title
"The Elder Lord of Mito."
Each summer, the city of
Mito hosts the Mito Komon festival, which prominently feature the Tokugawa seal as well as actors representing Tokugawa Mitsukuni and his assistants.
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