Surname
Tokugawa
Tokugawa (徳川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean virtue + river, and Wikidata lists 156 notable people with this family name.
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What Tokugawa means
徳
virtue
川
river
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Tokugawa describes a place. Its kanji point to a river, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Tokugawa
Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Tokugawa Yoshinobu 徳川 慶喜15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1837–1913)
Tokugawa Iemitsu 徳川 家光The third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1604–1651)
Tokugawa Hidetada 徳川 秀忠The second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1579–1632)
Tokugawa Yoshimune 徳川 吉宗The eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1684-1751)
Tokugawa Iemochi 徳川 家茂Japanese shogun (1846–1866)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.