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* ''Japanese'': [[徳川]]義直 ''(Tokugawa Yoshinao)''

* ''Japanese'': [[徳川]]義直 ''(Tokugawa Yoshinao)''

Yoshinao’s mother was a certain [[Okane]]. He was given his late elder brother [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi's]] [[Owari province|Owari]] fief and an income of 601,000 [[koku]]. He became the head of the [[Tokugawa clan|Owari Tokugawa]], one of the three ''[[gosanke]]'' established by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]] to provide heirs to the main line should the latter require one. Like his two younger brothers, [[Tokugawa Yorinobu|Yorinobu]] and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]], Yoshinao enjoyed his father’s favor.

Tokugawa Yoshinao was the 7th son of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and is considered the founder of the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]]. Yoshinao’s mother was a certain [[Okane]]. He was given his late elder brother [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi's]] [[Owari han|Owari]] fief and an income of 601,000 ''[[koku]]''. He became the head of the Owari Tokugawa, one of the three ''[[gosanke]]'' houses/lineages established by his father Tokugawa Ieyasu to provide heirs to the main line should the latter require one. Like his two younger brothers, [[Tokugawa Yorinobu|Yorinobu]] and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]], Yoshinao enjoyed his father’s favor.

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