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- Nakai, Kate Widman. Shogunal politics: Arai Hakuseki and the premises of Tokugawa rule. Harvard University Asia Center (1988). ISBN 0674806530
- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
- The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
| Preceded by Tokugawa Tsunanari | Daimyō of Owari 1699–1713 | Succeeded by Tokugawa Gorōta |