Gosankyō


The Gosankyō were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns, Yoshimune. Yoshimune established the Gosankyo to augment the Gosanke, the heads of the powerful han of Owari, Kishū, and Mito. Two of his sons, together with the second son of his successor Ieshige, established the Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu branches of the Tokugawa. Unlike the Gosanke, they did not rule a han. Still, they remained prominent until the end of Tokugawa rule, and some later shōguns were chosen from the Hitotsubashi line.

Heads of Gosankyo

Tayasu House 田安家

  1. Munetake
  2. Haruaki
  3. Narimasa
  4. Naritaka
  5. Yoshiyori
  6. Takachiyo
  7. Kamenosuke
  8. Yoshiyori
  9. Satotaka
  10. Satonari
  11. Munefusa

    Shimizu House 清水家

  12. Shigeyoshi
  13. Atsunosuke
  14. Nariyuki
  15. Narinori
  16. Narikatsu
  17. Akitake
  18. Atsumori
  19. Yoshitoshi
  20. 豪英

    Hitotsubashi House 一橋家