Kuniyuki Tokugawa

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tokugawa.
Tokugawa Kuniyuki

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Born (1886-12-13)December 13, 1886
Died November 17, 1969(1969-11-17) (aged 82)

Prince Tokugawa Kuniyuki (徳川圀順, December 13, 1886 – November 17, 1969) was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.

Biography

Tokugawa Kuniyuki inherited the title of shishaku (侯爵, marquis) under the kazoku peerage system on the death of his father, Tokugawa Atsuyoshi in 1898. A scholar, he turned his attention in 1906 to the completion of the Dai Nihonshi, a comprehensive history of Japan begun by his ancestor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the 17th century. However, in 1910, he was accepted into the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as Second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He resigned his commission in 1914 citing health reasons, and went into the reserves in 1915.

From December 1911, Tokugawa Kuniyuki served as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan. On the completion of the Dai Nihonshi in 1929, he was awarded the title of koshaku (公爵, prince). On June 25, 1940, he accepted the post of honorary president of Japanese Red Cross Society. From October 11, 1944, to June 19, 1946, he served as the President of the House of Peers.

On his death in 1969, he was succeeded as head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan by Kuninari Tokugawa.

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Preceded by
Tokugawa Atsuyoshi
Mito-Tokugawa family head
1898–1969
Succeeded by
Tokugawa Kuninari
Political offices
Preceded by
Matsudaira Yorinaga
President of the House of Peers
1944–1946
Succeeded by
Tokugawa Iemasa
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