Count Tokugawa Satotaka was a Japanese aristocrat and politician who was Grand Chamberlain of Japan from 1922 to 1927.
Occupation
samurai, politician
Position held
member of the House of Peers
Citizenship
Japan
Born
June 18, 1865
Died
February 18, 1941
Overview
Count was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became a government official in the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras. Younger brother of Tokugawa Iesato. His childhood name was Bannosuke (群之助).
Served as a member of the House of Peers and the Board of Trustees of Gakushūin. In the pre-1945 nobility, he held the rank of count.
Family
Father: Tokugawa Yoshiyori
Mother: Takai Takeko
Wives:
Kyoko, Daughter of 15th shōgun Yoshinobu
Shimazu Tomoko, Daughter of Shimazu Tadayoshi (2nd)
Children:
Sumiko married Naoyoshi Mizoguchi by Kyoko
Tokiko married Tsuchiya Kennao by Kyoko
Tsuyako married Tachibana Kantoku by Kyoko
Shuko married Tokugawa Takesada of Matsudo-Tokugawa Family by Kyoko
Satonari Tokugawa by Tomoko
Keiko married Okubo Kan’ichi by Tomoko
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