Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu 徳川 慶喜 | |||||
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Member of the House of Peers | |||||
Tenure | 1902–1910 | ||||
Born | Edo, Japan | October 28, 1837||||
Died | November 22, 1913 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 76)||||
Burial | |||||
Spouse | Ichijo Mikako | ||||
House | Tokugawa clan | ||||
Father | Tokugawa Nariaki | ||||
Mother | Arisugawa Yoshiko | ||||
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Shōgun | |||||
In office 29 August 1866 – 19 November 1867 | |||||
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Preceded by | Tokugawa Iemochi | ||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished Itō Hirobumi (as Prime Minister of Japan) | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 徳川 慶喜 | ||||
Hiragana | とくがわ よしのぶ | ||||
Katakana | トクガワ ヨシノブ | ||||
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Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu (徳川 慶喜, also known as Keiki; October 28, 1837 – November 22, 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.