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Father of the Mito Lord: Who Was Tokugawa Yorifusa, Founder of the Mito Domain?

Tokugawa Yorifusa, eleventh son of Ieyasu, founded the Mito domain as one of the Three Great Houses. As Mitsukuni's father, his influence shaped the intellectual curiosity that drove the Dai Nihon Shi project.

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Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603–1661), the eleventh son of Ieyasu, founded the Mito domain as one of the Three Great Houses of the Edo Shogunate. His cultivation of scholarship and the arts at Mito created the environment in which his son Mitsukuni developed the intellectual passion that launched the Dai Nihon Shi project.

Tokugawa Yorifusa — first lord of the Mito domain, the eleventh son of Ieyasu who established the Mito branch of the Tokugawa Three Great Houses

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Tokugawa Ieyasu — Yorifusa's father, who created the Three Great Houses system to ensure the perpetuation of Tokugawa rule

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Edo Castle — center of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Three Great Houses including Yorifusa's Mito branch served as insurance for the shogunal succession

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Tokugawa Mitsukuni

2nd Lord of Mito & Compiler of Dai Nihon Shi

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