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Tokugawa Yoshichika and the Study of the Owari Family’s Governance of the Kiso Mountains

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The Owari Domain, under the rule of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was granted the rich mountainous resources of the Kiso Mountains and continued to manage and operate this natural asset throughout the Edo period. Yoshichika Tokugawa, the 19th lord of Owari and the founder of the Tokugawa Reimeikai, as well as the first director of the Tokugawa Art Museum, was dedicated to studying the significant Kiso Mountains.

In 1923, before the opening of the art museum, he established the Tokugawa Laboratory for the History of Forestry (later the Tokugawa Institute for the History of Forestry). This research has been carried on to this day and is now celebrating its 100th year.

This exhibition focuses on the connection between the Owari Tokugawa family and the Kiso Mountains from the Edo period to modern times. It traces the research carried out by the lord regarding the Kiso Mountains and the Owari Domain and also explores unexpected connections between the pre-war Hosa Bunko (Tokyo) and the Tokugawa Institute for the History of Forestry

Schedule

Nov 11 (Sat) 2023-Dec 15 (Fri) 2023