In Fiction
Tokugawa Iemochi is featured in the 2008 NHK Taiga drama, Atsuhime. He is portrayed by Matsuda Shota.
His child self is featured in the novel 'Kazunomiya, Prisoner of Heaven', by Kathryn Lasky, a fictional diary written by Iemochi's wife.
Iemochi is also mentioned in 'The Last Concubine' by Lesley Downer.
Lord Tokugawa plays large role in the 'Blood Ninja' saga by Nick Lake, where Tokugawa's fictional son has to assassinate the rivalling Lord Oda Nobunaga.
He is parodied in the manga and anime series Gintama as 'Tokugawa Shige-Shige' (徳川 茂茂).
Lord Tokugawa appears in James Clavell's novel Gai-Jin as Nobusada Toranaga.
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