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*''Other Names'': 徳川頼久 ''(Tokugawa Yorihisa)''
*''Japanese'': [[徳川]] 茂承 ''(Tokugawa Mochitsugu)''

Tokugawa Mochitsugu was a [[Bakumatsu]] era lord of [[Wakayama han]]. He succeeded Tokugawa Yoshitomi, who left Wakayama to become [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] in [[1858]].

Born Matsudaira Yorihisa, son of [[Matsudaira Yorisato]], lord of [[Saijo han|Saijô han]], he was adopted into the [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû (Wakayama) Tokugawa clan]] in order to replace Yoshitomi, who had no direct heir.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 598.</ref> Mochitsugu then received the honor of the use of the ''mochi'' [[kanji|character]] from Iemochi at his ''[[genpuku]]'' on 1858/10/13, changing his name to Mochitsugu from Yorihisa.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 82.</ref>

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