Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Junior First Rank
Prince
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
德川 慶喜
Tokugawa in 1867
Member of the House of Peers
Tenure3 June 1902 – 8 December 1910
Born(1837-10-28)28 October 1837
Edo, Tokugawa Shogunate
Died22 November 1913(1913-11-22) (aged 76)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Burial
SpouseIchijo Mikako [jp]
HouseTokugawa clan
FatherTokugawa Nariaki
MotherArisugawa Yoshiko
SignatureJunior First Rank Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu 德川 慶喜's signature
Shōgun
In office
29 August 1866 – 19 November 1867
Monarchs
Preceded byTokugawa Iemochi
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Itō Hirobumi (as Prime Minister of Japan)

Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu (德川 慶喜, also known as Keiki; 28 October 1837 – 22 November 1913) was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming at keeping some political influence. After these efforts failed following the defeat at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi in early 1868, he went into retirement, and largely avoided the public eye for the rest of his life.


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