Edo period
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Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀   Mito Kōmon 水戸黄門
(1628-1701)


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Suke + Mito Mitsukuni = Tokugawa Mitsukuni + Kaku
Tokugawa Mitsukuni was Tokugawa Ieyasu´s grandson and the territorial lord (daimyô) of Mito. He was famous for his influence of the politics of the early Edo period and as a gourmet.  In 1951 a television series starts to portait Tokugawa Mitsukuni as a masquerading wanderer, who punished evil powers everywhere in the country he went to. In 1969 TBS networks starts the very sucessful prime time series "Mito Kômon". The last episode on TV aired in December 2011 at MBS.

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Mito Kômon / Tokugawa Mitsukuni
sculpture - Mito City
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Mito Kômon / Tokugawa Mitsukuni
sculpture with fellows + Marui Department Store
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Mito Kômon / Tokugawa Mitsukuni
sculpture - Mito  (2)
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