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Tokugawa Yoshitomo, great-grandson of last shogun, dies at 67

Yoshitomo Tokugawa, a photographer and great-grandson of the last shogun, died of a heart attack Monday, people close to him said Wednesday. He was 67. His great-grandfather, Yoshinobu, was the 15th and last Tokugawa shogun who ceded political power to Emperor Meiji, ending the Edo Period (1603-1868). Tokugawa, a native of Shizuoka Prefecture and resident of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, was also known as a coffee enthusiast who roasted coffee beans and sold "Tokugawa Shougun Coffee" with a local coffee company. He died at a hospital in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. Yoshinobu had been the focus of attention recently, as this year marks the 150th anniversary of Taisei Hokan, or the restoration of political authority to the Emperor.

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Yoshitomo Tokugawa, great-grandson of last shogun, dies at 67

Yoshitomo Tokugawa, a photographer and great-grandson of the last shogun of Japan, died of a heart attack on Monday, people close to him said Wednesday. He was 67.

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Mike Cash said:

President John Tyler died in 1845....in 2017 has two grandsons still alive.

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