Owari Branch
The Owari (徳川尾張家, Tokugawa Owari-ke?) branch of the Tokugawa clan is descended from Tokugawa Yoshinao, the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is also the main Gosanke ("three honourable houses of the Tokugawa"). For over 250 years, the Owari family ruled Owari Domain, the area surrounding present day Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, using Nagoya Castle as its main base. Another residence was the Ōzone Shimoyashiki.
The treasures of the Owari branch are kept in the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya.
The present head of the family is Tokugawa Yoshitaka.
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