Count Muneyoshi Tokugawa (徳川 宗敬, Tokugawa Muneyoshi, May 31, 1897 – May 1, 1989) was a Japanese forester, Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant, politician, educator, and Shintō priest. His court rank was Junior Third Rank.
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| Native name | 徳川 宗敬 |
| Born | May 31, 1897 |
| Died | May 1, 1989 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance | Imperial Japan |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Awards | Order of the Sacred Treasure 1st class, Grand Cordon; Golden Pheasant |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Other work | Forester, educator, and Shintō priest |
Back ground edit
Muneyoshi was born on 31 May 1897, in the Mito Tokugawa family's villa in Minami-Katsushika District, Tokyo Prefecture (now part of Sumida Ward, Tokyo). He was the second son of the 12th head of the Mito Tokugawa family, Atsuyoshi Tokugawa. His mother was Tokugawa Soko. His birth name was Takanobu. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun, was his great-uncle.
Tokugawa graduated from the Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture of the Tokyo Imperial University in 1923. He later returned to his alma mater and earned a Doctorate of Agriculture in 1941.[1]
On 19 June 1946, following the resignation of Count Tadamasu Sakai (Lord of Himeji), Tokugawa assumed the position of the 15th Vice President of the House of Peers. With the enactment of the Constitution of Japan, the House of Peers was abolished, making him the last Vice President of the House of Peers (the last President of the House of Peers was Iemasa Tokugawa of the Tokugawa shogun family). In the same year, he became the third president of the Japan Association of Museums.
In 1947, he won the first House of Councillors election for the national constituency and as one of the top candidates. He joined the conservative parliamentary faction, the Ryokufūkai, and became the chairman of the Ryokufūkai Members' General Meeting. In 1951, as chairman, he was appointed as a plenipotentiary for the San Francisco Peace Treaty and participated in its signing.[2]
Tokugawa was a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 1st class, Grand Cordon. In 1989 he posthumously received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.[3]
References edit
- ^ Shūgiin, Sangiin henshū (1990). Kizokuin sangiin giin meikan 貴族院・参議院議員名鑑 (in Japanese). Ōkurashōinsatsukyoku. pp. 27–28.
- ^ "＜近代茨城の肖像＞（11）徳川宗敬 国土を復興「緑化の父」：東京新聞 TOKYO Web". 東京新聞 TOKYO Web (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 2014-05-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-11.
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