Changes

Tokugawa Iesato was the designated heir of the last shogun, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and succeeded him to become the first head of the [[Tokugawa clan]] following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He served as president of the [[House of Peers]] from [[1903]] to 1933.

Tokugawa Iesato was the designated heir of the last shogun, [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and succeeded him to become the first head of the [[Tokugawa clan]] following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He served as president of the [[House of Peers]] from [[1903]] to 1933.

A son of [[Tokugawa Yoshiyori]] of the ''[[Gosankyo|Gosankyô]]'' [[Tayasu family]], Iesato became the 7th head of that family before becoming adopted as successor into the main line Tokugawa house.<ref>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46301267325/sizes/3k/]</ref>

A son of [[Tokugawa Yoshiyori]] of the ''[[Gosankyo|Gosankyô]]'' [[Tayasu Tokugawa clan]], Iesato became the 7th head of that family before becoming adopted as successor into the main line Tokugawa house.<ref>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46301267325/sizes/3k/]</ref>

Shortly after the [[Meiji Restoration]], he left [[Edo]] for the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]]/Tokugawa ancestral home of [[Shizuoka prefecture]].

Shortly after the [[Meiji Restoration]], he left [[Edo]] for the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]]/Tokugawa ancestral home of [[Shizuoka prefecture]].