10 Facts About Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Tokugawa Mitsukuni, known as Mito Komon, was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa and succeeded him, becoming the second daimyo of the Mito Domain.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni's father was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the age of six, his elder brother Yorishige became valetudinarian, and Mitsukuni was chosen to succeed his father.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni was responsible for assembling the Mitogaku scholars to compile a huge Japanese history, Dai Nihonshi.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni directed at Zuisen-ji the creation of the very first guide to Kamakura, the Shinpen Kamakurashi.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni was known as a gourmet of the Edo period.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni is claimed to be one of the first Japanese to eat ramen as well as routinely enjoying such exotic food as wine and yogurt.

Additionally, Mitsukuni adopted the son of an elder brother; this adopted son, Tokugawa Tsunaeda, became his heir.

Tokugawa Mitsukuni posthumously received the court rank of junior first rank and first rank.