What is Tokugawa Mitsukuni?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Tokugawa Mitsukuni | image = Tokugawa Mitsukuni.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1628|7|11}} | birth_place = [[Mito Domain]], [[Hitachi Province]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1701|1|14|1628|7|11}} | death_place = | education = | occupation = | spouse = | parents = | children = | office = [[Daimyo]] of [[Mito Domain|Mito]] | termstart = 1661 | termend = 1690 | predecessor = [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]] | successor = [[Tokugawa Tsunaeda]] }} '''Tokugawa Mitsukuni''', also known as '''Mito Kōmon''', was a Japanese [[daimyo]]. He was important in the politics of the early [[Edo period]]. He was born on 11 July 1628. He was the third son of [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], who was the eleventh son of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. Mitsukuni succeeded his father and became the second daimyo of the [[Mito Domain]]. He was known for his influence and involvement in politics during his time.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). ''Sovereign and Subject'', p. 248.</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Sources == * Brownlee, John S. (1997) ''Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600–1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu''. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. {{ISBN|0-7748-0644-3}}[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]]&nbsp;[[Special:BookSources/0-7748-0644-3|0-7748-0644-3]] Tokyo: [[University of Tokyo Press]]. {{ISBN|4-13-027031-1}}[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]]&nbsp;[[Special:BookSources/4-13-027031-1|4-13-027031-1]] * Brownlee, John S. (1991). ''Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712)''. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. {{ISBN|0-88920-997-9}}[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]]&nbsp;[[Special:BookSources/0-88920-997-9|0-88920-997-9]] * Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida ''et al.'' (2002). [https://books.googl