Tayasu family

One of the Gosankyo (three branches of the Tokugawa clan). Its founder was Munetake, the second son of the eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune. Munetake was known as a scholar of Japanese classics and a poet, but in 1729 (Kyoho 14), he took the surname Tokugawa, and the following year was given a mansion within the Tayasu Gate of Edo Castle, which he called Tayasu Yakata, and so the family was named after him. In 1746 (Enkyo 3), he was given a fief of 100,000 koku and was treated as a member of the shogun's family. Although there was a period of interruption, the family continued for seven generations, including Haruaki, Narimasa, Naritaka, Yoshiyori, Juchiyo, and Kamenosuke. During the Meiji Restoration, Kamenosuke (later Iesato) inherited the old Shogunate, and Yoshiyori again took over as head of the family and became a clan leader.

[Ueno Shuji]

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御三卿(ごさんきょう)の一つ。8代将軍徳川吉宗(よしむね)二男宗武(むねたけ)を祖とする。宗武は国学者、歌人として知られるが、1729年（享保14）徳川を姓とし、翌年江戸城田安門内に屋敷を与えられ、これを田安屋形(やかた)と称したため田安家とよばれる。1746年（延享3）には10万石の領地を与えられ、将軍の家族の一員として待遇された。以後一時中絶期間はあるが、治察(はるあき)、斉匡(なりまさ)、斉荘(なりたか)、慶頼(よしより)、寿千代、亀之助(かめのすけ)と7代続いた。明治維新のとき亀之助（のち家達(いえさと)）は旧将軍家を相続し、慶頼がふたたび家督を継いで、藩屏(はんぺい)に列した。

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